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Oleaceae

White ash

Fraxinus americana L.

Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Fraxinus

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White ash: Large, old, side-by-side White Ash Fraxinus americana , Glacier Pools Preserve, Lycoming County.
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (27)
Arabic
مران أمريكي
Armenian
Հացենի ամերիկյան
arz
مران امريكى
Belarusian
Ясень амерыканскі
Bulgarian
Американски ясен
Chinese
北美白梣, 白臘木, 白梣, 美国白梣, 美国白蜡树, 尖叶白蜡树, 白腊木, 美国花曲柳
Czech
Jasan americký
English
White ash, American ash
Finnish
Valkosaarni
French
Frêne blanc, Franc frêne, Frêne d'Amérique, Franc chêne
German
Weiss-Esche, Weiß-Esche, Weißesche
Gujarati
મિઠો લિમડો
Hebrew
מילה אמריקאית
Hungarian
Fehér kőris
Icelandic
Hvítaskur
Italian
Frassino bianco americano
Japanese
ホワイト・アッシュ, アメリカタモ, アメリカトネリコ, スワンプ・アッシュ
Korean
미국물푸레
Lithuanian
Amerikinis uosis
Norwegian Bokmål
Kvitask
Polish
Jesion amerykański
Russian
Ясень американский
Serbian
Амерички јасен
Slovenian
Ameriški jesen, Beli pepel
Spanish
Fresno blanco, Fresno blanco americano
Swedish
Vitask, Amerikansk ask, Amerikansk vitask
Turkish
Amerika dişbudağı, Ak dişbudak, Amerikan dişbudağı, Beyaz dişbudak

Synonyms

  • Aplilia macrophyla (Hoffmanns.) Raf.
  • Calycomelia acuminata (Lam.) Kostel.
  • Calycomelia alba (Marshall) Kostel.
  • Calycomelia americana (L.) Kostel.
  • Calycomelia biltmoreana (Beadle) Nieuwl.
  • Calycomelia epiptera (Michx.) Kostel.
  • Calycomelia juglandifolia (Lam.) Kostel.
  • Calycomelia pistaciifolia Nieuwl.
  • Calycomelia viridis (Bosc) Kostel.
  • Fraxinoides alba (Marshall) Medik.
  • Fraxinus acuminata Lam.
  • Fraxinus alba Marshall
  • Fraxinus americana f. acuminata (Lam.) Voss
  • Fraxinus americana f. americana
  • Fraxinus americana f. ascidiata (Meun.) Rehder
  • Fraxinus americana f. barrii W.H.Wagner
  • Fraxinus americana f. iodocarpa Fernald
  • Fraxinus americana f. lasiophylla Fernald
  • Fraxinus americana subsp. biltmoreana (Beadle) A.E.Murray
  • Fraxinus americana subsp. novae-angliae (Mill.) Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana subsp. typicum Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. acuminata Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. acuminata (Lam.) Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. acuminata (Lam.) K.Koch
  • Fraxinus americana var. alba (Marshall) Castigl.
  • Fraxinus americana var. alba (Marshall) Castigl.
  • Fraxinus americana var. alba (Marshall) Weston
  • Fraxinus americana var. americana
  • Fraxinus americana var. ascidiata Meun.
  • Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana (Beadle) J.W.Wright ex Fernald
  • Fraxinus americana var. crassifolia Sarg.
  • Fraxinus americana var. curtissii (Vasey) Sudw.
  • Fraxinus americana var. epiptera (Michx.) Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. glauca C.K.Schneid.
  • Fraxinus americana var. juglandifolia Rehder
  • Fraxinus americana var. juglandifolia (Lam.) K.Koch
  • Fraxinus americana var. latifolia Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. latifolia (Vahl) Loudon
  • Fraxinus americana var. longifolia (Vahl) Wesm.
  • Fraxinus americana var. macrophylla C.K.Schneid.

and 37 more.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.