American Ash

Fraxinus americana

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Botanical name
Fraxinus americana
Also known as
American Ash, Cane Ash, White Ash
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Fraxinus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow American Ash

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Fraxinus americana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Aplilia macrophyla Calycomelia acuminata Calycomelia alba Calycomelia americana Calycomelia biltmoreana Calycomelia epiptera Calycomelia juglandifolia Calycomelia pistaciifolia Calycomelia viridis Fraxinoides alba Fraxinus acuminata Fraxinus alba Fraxinus americana f. acuminata Fraxinus americana f. americana Fraxinus americana f. ascidiata Fraxinus americana f. barrii Fraxinus americana f. iodocarpa Fraxinus americana f. lasiophylla Fraxinus americana subsp. biltmoreana Fraxinus americana subsp. novae-angliae Fraxinus americana subsp. typicum Fraxinus americana var. acuminata Fraxinus americana var. acuminata Fraxinus americana var. acuminata Fraxinus americana var. alba Fraxinus americana var. alba Fraxinus americana var. alba Fraxinus americana var. americana Fraxinus americana var. ascidiata Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana Fraxinus americana var. crassifolia Fraxinus americana var. curtissii Fraxinus americana var. epiptera Fraxinus americana var. glauca Fraxinus americana var. juglandifolia Fraxinus americana var. juglandifolia Fraxinus americana var. latifolia Fraxinus americana var. latifolia Fraxinus americana var. longifolia Fraxinus americana var. macrophylla Fraxinus americana var. microcarpa Fraxinus americana var. subcoriacea Fraxinus biltmoreana Fraxinus biltmoreana var. subcoriacea Fraxinus canadensis Fraxinus carolinensis Fraxinus carolinensis Fraxinus caroliniana Fraxinus caroliniana var. latifolia Fraxinus caroliniana var. latifolia Fraxinus curtissii Fraxinus discolor Fraxinus discolor var. juglandifolia Fraxinus epiptera Fraxinus glauca Fraxinus grandifolia Fraxinus juglandifolia Fraxinus juglandifolia var. subserrata Fraxinus macrophylla Fraxinus nigra var. juglandifolia and 17 more

Others in Fraxinus

Fraxinus excelsior
Common Ash
Fraxinus × cataubiensis
Fraxinus × hybrida
Fraxinus × rehderiana
Fraxinus × borzae
Fraxinus × veltheimii
Fraxinus albicans
Texas Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia
Desert Ash

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