Ash leaves

I just can't resist back-lit leaves. Ash Tree (Fraxinus anomala - I think)

Ash tree leaves

The Ash is botanically called Fraxinus excelsior. The Tree is a deciduous tree, it will be up to 40 m (131 ft) high. The leaves are imparipinnate and the flowers are greenish. The tree likes Sun to half-shade at the location and the soil should be loamy to clayey.

Photo about Green Ash tree Leave on white background. Image of green, white, veins - 32314432

Less than 20% of the UK population can identify an ash tree. So how do we identify an ash? What are the key identifying features to look for?

What Tree Is That? is a tree identification guide from the Arbor Day Foundation, featuring an easy-to-use, step-by-step process to identify nearly any tree in North America.

After a couple of years, where I learned a lot about trees – partly thanks to my client, the Landesforsten – I recently completely revised and lovingly corrected the details of my tree leaves, so that every tiny line is finally right (I hope :))! The revised identification chart is now available at Posterlounge (Amazon […]

Black ash trees grow slowly and develop into tall, slender trees with attractive feather-compound leaves. This article has additional information about black ash trees and black ash tree cultivation.