Oleaceae
Green ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- مران بنسلفاني
- Armenian
- Հացենի պենսիլվանյան
- arz
- مران بنسلفانى
- Azerbaijani
- Pensilvaniya göyrüşü
- Belarusian
- Пэнсыльванскі ясень, Ясень пенсільванскі, Ясень пэнсыльванскі
- Bulgarian
- Пенсилвански ясен
- Chinese
- 美国红梣, 美國紅梣, 洋白蜡, 毛白蜡, 红梣
- chy
- Mótó'e
- Croatian
- Pensilvanijski jasen
- Czech
- Jasan pensylvánský
- Dutch
- Pennsylvaanse es
- English
- Green ash, Downy ash, Red ash, Swamp ash, Water ash
- Estonian
- Pensilvaania saar
- Finnish
- Punasaarni
- French
- Frêne de Pennsylvanie, Frêne rouge
- German
- Rot-Esche, Grün-Esche, Grünesche, Pennsylvanische Esche, Rotesche
- Hebrew
- מילה פנסילוונית
- hsb
- Čerwjena jaseń
- Hungarian
- Amerikai kőris, Vörös kőris
- Icelandic
- Kvekaraaskur
- Japanese
- ビロードトネリコ, グリーンアッシュ, グリーン・アッシュ
- Kannada
- Geeda mulikegallu
- Korean
- 붉은물푸레
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødask
- Persian
- زبان گنجشک قرمز
- Polish
- Jesion pensylwański
- Russian
- Ясень пенсильванский, Ясень ланцетный
- Slovenian
- Pensilvanski jesen
- Spanish
- Fresno rojo americano, Fresno verde
- Swedish
- Rödask
- Turkish
- Yeşil dişbudak
Synonyms
- Calycomelia campestris (Britton) Nieuwl. & Lunell
- Calycomelia elliptica (Bosc) Kostel.
- Calycomelia expansa (Willd.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia lancea (Bosc) Kostel.
- Calycomelia lanceolata (Borkh.) Lunell
- Calycomelia ovata (Bosc) Kostel.
- Calycomelia pennsylvanica (Marshall) Nieuwl.
- Calycomelia pubescens (Lam.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia richardii (Bosc) Kostel.
- Fraxinus americana subsp. pennsylvanica (Marshall) Wesm.
- Fraxinus americana subvar. aucubifolia (H.Jaeger) Wesm.
- Fraxinus americana var. normale Wesm.
- Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica (Marshall) Castigl.
- Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica (Marshall) Castigl.
- Fraxinus americana var. pennsylvanica (Marshall) Weston
- Fraxinus americana var. pubescens (Lam.) D.J.Browne
- Fraxinus americana var. rubicunda (Bosc) Wesm.
- Fraxinus americana var. subpubescens (Pers.) Wesm.
- Fraxinus arbutifolia Dippel
- Fraxinus aucubifolia G.Kirchn.
- Fraxinus campestris Britton
- Fraxinus ceratifolia Hoffmanns.
- Fraxinus cinerea Bosc
- Fraxinus concolor Muhl.
- Fraxinus darlingtonii Britton
- Fraxinus elliptica Bosc
- Fraxinus expansa Willd.
- Fraxinus fusca Bosc
- Fraxinus glabra Thornber
- Fraxinus glabra P.Lawson ex Beissn.
- Fraxinus juglandifolia var. aucubifolia H.Jaeger
- Fraxinus juglandifolia var. subintegerrima Vahl
- Fraxinus lancea Bosc
- Fraxinus lanceolata Borkh.
- Fraxinus lanceolata var. lindheimeri (Wenz.) Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus lanceolata var. macrocarpa Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus lanceolata var. viridis (C.K.Schneid.) Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus lancifolia Raf.
- Fraxinus longifolia Bosc
- Fraxinus media Raf.
and 52 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 67 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: jamie-aa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allan Harris, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Black ashFraxinus nigraOleaceae
- Velvet ashFraxinus velutinaOleaceae
- Chinese ashFraxinus chinensisOleaceae
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- Blue ashFraxinus quadrangulataOleaceae
- Carolina ashFraxinus carolinianaOleaceae
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.