Fraxinus pennsylvanica in Genus Fraxinus

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Internal ID	UUID64402cd385500204052989
Scientific name	Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Authority	Marshall
First published in	Arbust. Amer. : 51 (1785)

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Common products:
Green ash wood is marketed as lumber and veneer for furniture, flooring, cabinetry, interior millwork, and tool handles. The species is widely planted as an urban and landscape tree in North America, where seedlings from seed orchards and nurseries are distributed for forestry and shade plantings.

Industrial and craft applications:
The wood is used for specialty items including baseball and softball bats, hockey sticks and shafts, oars, paddles, tool handles, dowels, turnery, and sports goods where high strength-to-weight ratio and stiffness are valued. It is suitable for millwork and joinery, and historically for gunstocks. Green ash accepts finishes and can be steam-bent, enabling furniture and cabinet components. Mechanical properties are recorded in USDA Wood Handbook (tangential/radial shrinkage ratio ~2:1; MOE ~11–13 GPa; crushing strength parallel to grain ~50–60 MPa) and published profiles.

Wood and fiber:
As a ring-porous hardwood with dense earlywood bands and high cellulose content, green ash is suitable for lumber grading under NLGA/ALSC rules and for kraft pulp and paper. Small-diameter logs are processed for pallets, crates, and packaging.

Colorants and tanning:
Documented uses include bark as a source of tannins for leather tanning, and leaves and bark have been used to produce brown natural dyes for protein fibers.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
There are no documented cosmetic or fragrance applications specific to Fraxinus pennsylvanica.

Properties relevant to use:
Ring-porous structure imparts strength and bending stiffness; high earlywood conductivity aids machining and steam bending. Bark is a recognized source of condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) used in tanning.

Standards and regulation:
Lumber is graded under the National Lumber Grading Authority (NLGA) and American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) rules. Pulp manufacturing follows national environmental regulations for wastewater discharge and air emissions.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Populations are threatened by emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), and the species is assessed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Forestry programs promote host-plant resistance and quarantine/restriction of ash movement in North America and internationally to limit spread and protect remaining stands.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Leptalix cinerea	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix elliptica	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix expansa	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 33 (1838)
Leptalix fusca	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 33 (1838)
Leptalix richardii	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix rubicunda	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix rufa	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 33 (1838)
Leptalix ovata	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix lancifolia	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 35 (1838)
Leptalix longifolia	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 32 (1838)
Leptalix media	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 36 (1838)
Leptalix pubescens	Raf.	New Fl. 2: 93 (1837)
Calycomelia campestris	Nieuwl. & Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 507 (1916)
Calycomelia elliptica	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Calycomelia expansa	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Calycomelia lancea	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Calycomelia lanceolata	Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 507 (1916)
Calycomelia ovata	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Calycomelia pennsylvanica	Nieuwl.	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 186 (1914)
Calycomelia pubescens	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Calycomelia richardii	Kostel.	Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag. : 26 (1844)
Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica	(Marshall) Castigl.	Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 244. 1790 as pensylvanica
Fraxinus americana subsp. pennsylvanica	Wesm.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 109 (1892)
Fraxinus americana var. pubescens	(Lam.) D.J.Browne	Trees Amer. 395. 1846
Fraxinus americana var. rubicunda	Wesm.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 110 (1892)
Fraxinus americana var. subpubescens	(Pers.) Wesm.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 110 (1892)
Fraxinus arbutifolia	hort. ex Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 76 (1889)
Fraxinus aucubifolia	(G.Kirchn.)	Arbor. Muscav. : 507 (1864)
Fraxinus campestris	Britton	N. Amer. Trees : 799 (1908)
Fraxinus ceratifolia	Hoffmanns.	Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 29 (1828)
Fraxinus cinerea	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 207 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus concolor	Muhl.	Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. : 115 (1813)
Fraxinus darlingtonii	Britton	Man. Fl. N. States : 725 (1901)
Fraxinus elliptica	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 204 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus expansa	Willd.	Berlin. Baumz. , ed. 2: 150 (1811)
Fraxinus fusca	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 203 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus glabra	Thornber	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 53: 207. 1917
Fraxinus juglandifolia var. aucubifolia	H.Jaeger	Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl. 233. 1865
Fraxinus juglandifolia var. subintegerrima	Vahl	Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 50 (1804)
Fraxinus lancea	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 209 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus lanceolata	Borkh.	Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 1: 826 (1800)
Fraxinus lanceolata var. lindheimeri	Lingelsh.	Pflanzenr. , IV, 243(1): 44 (1920)
Fraxinus lanceolata var. macrocarpa	Lingelsh.	Pflanzenr. IV, 243(1): 44. 1920
Fraxinus lanceolata var. viridis	Lingelsh.	Pflanzenr. , IV, 243(1): 44 (1920)
Fraxinus lancifolia	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 35 (1838)
Fraxinus longifolia	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 209 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus media	Raf.	Alsogr. Amer. : 36 (1838)
Fraxinus nigra var. pubescens	(Lam.) Castigl.	Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 244 (1790)
Fraxinus oblongocarpa	Buckley	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 4 (1862 publ. 1863)
Fraxinus ovalis	Willd.	Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 69 (1814)
Fraxinus ovata	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 204 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. aucubifolia	(H.Jaeger) Rehder	Cycl. Amer. Hort. 607 1900
Fraxinus pennsylvanica f. aucubifolia	(H.Jaeger) Rehder	Bibl. Cult. Trees 558 1949
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. austinii	Fernald	Rhodora 40: 452 (1938)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. austini-megaphylla	Vict. & J.Rousseau	Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 52. 1940
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. campestris	(Britton) F.C.Gates	Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 41: 102 (1938)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica f. colorata	B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 93: 433 (1966)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica f. erythrocarpa	Vict. & J.Rousseau	Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 51 (1940)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata	Sarg.	Silva 6: 51 1894
Fraxinus pennsylvanica f. megaphylla	Vict. & J.Rousseau	Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 52 (1940)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. ovata	(Bosc) K.Koch	Dendrologie 2(1): 256. 1872
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. pubescens	Lingelsh.	Pflanzenr. , IV, 243(1): 41 (1920)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica f. scotica	B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 93: 433 (1966)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima	(Vahl) Fernald	Rhodora 49: 159 (1947)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. subintegerrima	(Vahl) A.E.Murray	Kalmia 13: 6 (1983):.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. viridis	C.K.Schneid.	Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 826. 1912
Fraxinus platyphylla	Hoffmanns.	Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 29 (1828)
Fraxinus pubescens	Lam.	Encycl. 2: 548 (1788)
Fraxinus pubescens var. boscii	Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 77 (1889)
Fraxinus pubescens var. coriacea	Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 76. 1889
Fraxinus pubescens var. lindheimeri	Wenz.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 4: 184 (1883)
Fraxinus pubescens var. nana	Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 77 (1889)
Fraxinus pubescens var. ovata	Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 76 (1889)
Fraxinus pubescens var. subpubescens	(Pers.) Pursh	Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 9. 1813 [Dec 1813]
Fraxinus richardii	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 207 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus rubicunda	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 212 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus rufa	Bosc	Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 203 (1808 publ. 1811)
Fraxinus smallii	Britton	N. Amer. Trees : 805 (1908)
Fraxinus subvillosa	Bosc ex Pers.	Syn. Pl. 2: 604 (1807)
Fraxinus trialata	Buckley	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 5 (1862 publ. 1863)
Fraxinus viridis var. pubescens	Hitchc.	Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5: 507 (1891)
Fraxinus viridis var. trialata	Schelle	Handb. Laubholzben. : 408 (1903)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. typica	Fernald	Rhodora 40: 453 (1938)
Fraxinus viridis	F.Michx.	N. Amer. Sylv. Illustr. 3: t. 120 (1819)
Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica	(Marshall) Castigl.	Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 244 1790
Fraxinus americana var. normale	Wesm.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 109 (1892)
Fraxinus glabra	P.Lawson ex Beissn.	Handb. Laubholzben. 413 (1903)
Fraxinus americana subvar. aucubifolia	(H.Jaeger) Wesm.	Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31: 110 (1892)
Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica	(Marshall) Weston	Bot. Univ. 1: 110 (1770)
Fraxinus pubescens var. subpubescens	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 2: 605 (1807)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	water ash
English	swamp ash
English	red ash
English	green ash
English	downy ash
Spanish	fraxinus darlingtonii
Spanish	fraxinus campestris
Spanish	fraxinus lanceolata
Spanish	fresno rojo americano
Spanish	fresno verde
Spanish	fraxinus smallii
Arabic	مران بنسلفاني
Azerbaijani	neştəryarpaq göyrüş
Azerbaijani	nеştəryаrpаq göyrüş
Belarusian	Ясень пенсільванскі
Bulgarian	пенсилвански ясен
chy	mótó'e
Czech	jasan pensylvánský
Czech	fraxinus lanceolata
German	rot-esche
German	grünesche
German	rotesche
German	pennsylvanische esche
German	grün-esche
Estonian	pensilvaania saar
Persian	زبان گنجشک قرمز
Finnish	punasaarni
French	frêne rouge
French	frêne de pennsylvanie
Hebrew	מילה פנסילוונית
Croatian	pensilvanijski jasen
Upper Sorbian	Čerwjena jaseń
Hungarian	vörös kőris
Hungarian	amerikai kőris
Armenian	Հացենի պենսիլվանյան
Icelandic	kvekaraaskur
Japanese	ビロードトネリコ
Japanese	グリーンアッシュ
Japanese	グリーン・アッシュ
Kannada	geeda mulikegallu
Korean	붉은물푸레
Norwegian Bokmål	rødask
Polish	jesion pensylwański
Russian	Ясень пенсильванский
Slovenian	pensilvanski jesen
Swedish	rödask
Turkish	yeşil dişbudak
Chinese	美國紅梣
Chinese	红梣
Chinese	洋白蜡
Chinese	毛白蜡
Chinese	美国红梣

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Maintain seeds at 20°C for 3 months, then transfer to 4°C for another 3 months.

will germinate after 20 days in 2nd warm cycle

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Russian Far East
  - Primorye

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- Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia
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  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
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  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Poland
- Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
  - Romania
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Spain

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- Eastern Canada
  - Ontario
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Iowa
  - Kansas
  - Minnesota
  - Missouri
  - Nebraska
  - North Dakota
  - Oklahoma
  - South Dakota
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Indiana
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  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000832813
UNII	BOG3ZYO036
Florida Plant Atlas	3032
Flora of Alabama	2722
Cornell Woody Plants	100
Canadensys	6730
USDA Plants	FRPE
UConn	185
Tropicos	23000144
INPN	98939
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105864-2
The Plant List	kew-370006
Missouri Botanical Garden	282938
PFAF	Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Open Tree Of Life	846451
Observations.org	138134
NCBI Taxonomy	56036
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000042114
Nature Serve	2.144657
IUCN Red List	61918934
IPNI	105864-2
iNaturalist	54808
GBIF	3172348
Freebase	/m/06f_2f
WisFlora	3648
FEIS	plants/tree/frapen
EPPO	FRXPE
EOL	579248
Elurikkus	4804
Calflora (Californian flora)	9338
US Library of Congress	sh2002008939
USDA GRIN	306
Wikipedia	Fraxinus_pennsylvanica
Plantarium	16559

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_051941005.1	ASM5194100v1	Chromosome	Shandong Agricultural University	2025-08-12	56	812.45 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Impacts of Invasive Plants on Native Vegetation Communities in Wetland and Stream Mitigation

DeBerry DA, Hunter DM

Biology (Basel)

18-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11048567
doi:	10.3390/biology13040275
PMID:	38666887

Experimental investigation of freeze injury temperatures in trees and their contributing factors based on electrical impedance spectroscopy

Song X, Gao T, Ai M, Gao S

Front Plant Sci

13-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10900768
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1326038
PMID:	38419778

Conservation of Green and White Ash Germplasm Using the Cryopreservation of Embryogenic Cultures

Richins M, Montes C, Merkle S

Plants (Basel)

24-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10857041
doi:	10.3390/plants13030352
PMID:	38337885

Baseline amplicon sequencing data for the ITS2 region in the green honey of Banggi Island, Sabah

ullah S, Huda N, Wahab RA, Hamid AA, Nasir MH, Mohamad MA, Ahmad HF, Oyewusi HA, Huyop F

Data Brief

09-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10847015
doi:	10.1016/j.dib.2024.110044
PMID:	38328502

High quality genomes produced from single MinION flow cells clarify polyploid and demographic histories of critically endangered Fraxinus (ash) species

Fleck SJ, Tomlin C, da Silva Coelho FA, Richter M, Danielson ES, Backenstose N, Krabbenhoft T, Lindqvist C, Albert VA

Commun Biol

06-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10771460
doi:	10.1038/s42003-023-05748-4
PMID:	38184717

Parasitoid-induced changes in metabolic rate and feeding activity of the emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): implications for biological control

Dang YQ, Duan JJ, Li AY

Sci Rep

19-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10730522
doi:	10.1038/s41598-023-50147-8
PMID:	38114572

Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2023

Gibin D, Gutierrez Linares A, Fasanelli E, Pasinato L, Delbianco A

EFSA J

15-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10722330
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8477
PMID:	38107375

Do adult Magicicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) feed? Historical perspectives and evidence from molecular gut content analysis

Hepler JR, Cooper WR, Cullum JP, Dardick C, Dardick L, Nixon LJ, Pouchnik DJ, Raupp MJ, Shrewsbury P, Leskey TC

J Insect Sci

18-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10583540
doi:	10.1093/jisesa/iead082
PMID:	37850668

Alien eating alien - rapid spread of Aceria fraxiniflora, a non-native gall mite of the invasive green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in Central-Eastern Europe

Korda M, Ripka G, Hradil K, Glavendekic M, Matosevic D, Hrasovec B, Paulin M, Hirka A, Csóka G

Exp Appl Acarol

11-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10615922
doi:	10.1007/s10493-023-00849-5
PMID:	37819594

Transcriptome profiling of Fraxinus excelsior genotypes infested by emerald ash borer

Doonan JM, Kosawang C, Eisenring M, Ladd T, Roe AD, Budde KB, Jørgensen HJ, Queloz V, Gossner MM, Nielsen LR

Sci Data

05-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10556020
doi:	10.1038/s41597-023-02588-z
PMID:	37798274

The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes

Seyoum MM, Ashworth AJ, Feye KM, Ricke SC, Owens PR, Moore PA Jr, Savin M

Front Microbiol

29-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10598662
doi:	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1227006
PMID:	37886073

Chromosome-scale genomes of commercial timber trees (Ochroma pyramidale, Mesua ferrea, and Tectona grandis)

Sahu SK, Liu M, Chen Y, Gui J, Fang D, Chen X, Yang T, He C, Cheng L, Yang J, Sahu DN, Li L, Wang H, Mu W, Wei J, Liu J, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Lisby M, Liu X, Xu X, Li L, Wang S, Liu H

Sci Data

03-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10400565
doi:	10.1038/s41597-023-02420-8
PMID:	37537171

Microfungi associated with dying Euphorbia mauritanica in South Africa and their relative pathogenicity

Marincowitz S, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Roets F, Wingfield MJ

Fungal Syst Evol

31-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10976952
doi:	10.3114/fuse.2023.12.04
PMID:	38550751

Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2022

Gibin D, Pasinato L, Delbianco A

EFSA J

13-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10262070
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8061
PMID:	37325259

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Fraxinus pennsylvanica

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Details Top

Ethnobotanical Use Top

General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

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