Oleaceae
Black ash
Fraxinus nigra
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- مران أسود
- arz
- مران اسود
- Catalan
- Freixe negre
- Chinese
- 黑梣
- English
- Black ash
- French
- Frêne noir
- German
- Schwarz-Esche, Schwarzesche
- Hebrew
- מילה שחורה
- Icelandic
- Svartaskur
- Japanese
- ニグラトネリコ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartask
- oj
- Baapaagimaak
- Persian
- زبان گنجشک سیاه
- Spanish
- Fresno negro
Synonyms
- Calycomelia nigra (Marshall) Kostel.
- Fraxinoides nigra (Marshall) Medik.
- Fraxinus americana var. nigra (Marshall) Weston
- Fraxinus americana var. sambucifolia (Lam.) D.J.Browne
- Fraxinus nigra f. cucullata G.Kirchn.
- Fraxinus nigra f. cucullata (G.Kirchn.) Schelle
- Fraxinus nigra var. sambucifolia (Lam.) Castigl.
- Fraxinus sambucifolia Lam.
- Fraxinus sambucifolia var. cucullata (G.Kirchn.) Laurentius
- Leptalix nigra (Marshall) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agbelliveau, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Professor, Sault College Natural Environment & Outdoor Studies, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Professor, Sault College Natural Environment & Outdoor Studies, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Professor, Sault College Natural Environment & Outdoor Studies, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Professor, Sault College Natural Environment & Outdoor Studies, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agbelliveau, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Professor, Sault College Natural Environment & Outdoor Studies, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.