White Ash Fraxinus americana Linnaeus    Synonyms: Fraxinus americana var. curtissii, Fraxinus biltmoreana, Fraxinus smallii.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Scrophulariales   >   Family Oleaceae   >   Genus Fraxinus   

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Host plant for various butterfly species including Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

Host plant for various moth species including Banded Tussock Moth and Laurel Sphinx Moth (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants).

A host plant for the highly destructive Emerald Ash Borer.

There are 111 records in the project database.

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White Ash growing in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/10/2018). Photo by Boyer and McDowell. (MBP list)

White Ash in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/10/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Leaves and fruit of White Ash in Harford Co., Maryland (5/25/2013). Note white underside of leaves and fruit with wings not extending around the seeds. Very similar to Green Ash. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

White Ash in Howard Co., Maryland (5/18/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Green Ash in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/20/2013). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

White Ash in Cecil Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

White Ash in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/2/2013). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

White Ash seeds in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/2/2013). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

White Ash in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/18/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

A White Ash leaf in Cecil Co., Maryland (5/24/2019). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

White Ash growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/19/2016). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

White Ash in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/16/2019). Note the lateral bud located in a deep notch in the leaf scar. Photo by Bill Hill. (MBP list)

White Ash in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/6/2021). (c) Jane Hill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jane Hill. (MBP list)

The leaf scar of a White Ash in Cecil Co., Maryland (5/24/2019). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

White Ash (trunk and branches of sapling) in Garrett Co., Maryland (3/9/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

White Ash seed pods near Hyde Park, Massachusetts (10/26/2011). Photo by Tom Palmer. (MBP list)

White Ash growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/19/2016). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Old leaf scar of White Ash in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/27/2017). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A White Ash with major Emerald Ash Borer damage at Great Falls in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/18/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)


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