Also called Winged Ash
ZONE:
4
HEIGHT:
15-20 m
SPREAD:
10-15 m
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Fraxinus quadrangulata - Blue Ash
Fraxinus quadrangulata - Blue Ash
Also called Winged Ash
ZONE:
4
HEIGHT:
15-20 m
SPREAD:
10-15 m
Ash trees have been used in a variety of landscape settings, as street trees or lawn specimens.
While White Ash and Green Ash and their cultivars are dying due to Emerald Ash Borer, Blue Ash is showing resistance to the borer.
Early Americans made a blue dye from the inner bark, hence the common name.
Larval host for many moths and butterflies including the Mourning Cloak butterfly. The seeds, persisting well into winter, are enjoyed by large and small birds and small mammals. The twigs and foliage are consumed by deer.
