White Ash

Fraxinus americana L. - Olive family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 120.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on White Ash: Achatia distincta, Adita chionanthi, Alsophila pometaria, Anacamptodes ephyraria, Antaeotricha leucillana, Automeris io io, Callosamia promethea, Caloptilia fraxinella, Ceratomia undulosa, Choristoneura rosaceana, Citheronia regalis, Copivaleria grotei, Crocigrapha normani, Ennomos subsignaria, Erannis tiliaria, Erannis tiliaria vancouverensis, Euchlaena effecta, Euchlaena johnsonaria, Euchlaena marginaria, Euphydryas phaeton, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Halysidota tessellaris, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lithophane bethunei, Lithophane laticinerea, Lithophane petulca, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lycia ursaria, Lymantria dispar, Machimia tetoriferella, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Marmara fraxinicola, Melanchra assimilis, Melanolophia canadaria, Nadata gibbosa, Nematocampa filamentaria, Nymphalis antiopa, Operophtera brumata, Orgyia leucostigma, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia revicta, Paleacrita vernata, Palpita magniferalis, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis lamprosana, Papaipema furcata, Papilio glaucus, Papilio glaucus canadensis, Papilio glaucus glaucus, Phyllodesma americana, Podosesia syringae, Satyrium caryaevorum, Schizura ipomoeae, Sicya macularia, Smerinthus jamaicensis, Sparganothis diluticostana, Sparganothis reticulatana, Sphinx canadensis, Sphinx chersis, Sphinx kalmiae, Spilosoma virginica, Tolype velleda

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.