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General
Description:
Green ash is not native to Idaho,
but is commonly cultivated and sometimes escapes and appears to be native. It
is the most widely distributed of all the native ash species. It is native east
of a diagonal line extending from Alberta Canada through central Montana to
eastern Texas. It is common along stream banks, flood plains, and wet upland
sites. It is a fast growing tree which produces vast crops of samaras in late
summer and autumn. These fruits are an important food source for wood ducks,
quail, turkey, cardinals, finches, and other rodents such as squirrels. Deer
and moose browse on the young twigs.
Distribution:
It is native east of a diagonal line extending from Alberta Canada through central
Montana to eastern Texas.
Habitat:
Stream banks, flood plains, and wet upland sites.
Other:
Fruits are an important food source for wood ducks, quail, turkey, cardinals,
finches, and other rodents such as squirrels. Deer and moose browse on the young
twigs. The wood is light-brown, hard, heavy, and moderately strong. It is used
for tool handles, oars, paddles, baseball bats, snowshoes, tennis rackets and
frames and has been used some for furniture such as decorative shelving. It
has been widely used as an ornamental tree and has proved to be resistant to
diseases which kill other cultivated ashes.