Get to know all the facts worth knowing about the ash tree with the help of this profile. They were definitely not aware of one or the other characteristic. Or did you think that the ash is the only deciduous tree that loses its leaves when they are green? After reading this fact sheet, you will find it easy to distinguish an ash tree from other trees.

The ash can grow up to 250 years old

General

  • German name: ash
  • Latin name: Fraxinus
  • Age: up to 250 years
  • Family: Olive family
  • deciduous deciduous tree (the only deciduous tree that sheds its leaves when green)

Happen

  • Number of species: approx. 70, three of them in Germany: common ash, flower ash, whorled ash
  • Distribution: throughout Central Europe, with the exception of the Mediterranean region and the far north of Scandinavia
  • Location: sunny to semi-shady
  • Use: on the banks of water, in parks, in groups or alone
  • Breeding via the wind

soil claims

  • both dry and moist soils are tolerated
  • however, moist soil is better
  • high nutrient requirements
  • calcareous
  • loamy
  • pH value: slightly acidic to alkaline

habit

  • Maximum growth height: up to 40 m (one of the largest deciduous trees in Europe)

blossom

  • Color green
  • Flowering time: April to May
  • ovoid buds
  • Bud Size: 5mm
  • Color of buds: black
  • mature at 20 to 30 years, much later in stock (approx. 40-45 years)
  • flowers before the leaves emerge
  • Shape of the flower: panicle
  • monoecious, hermaphroditic

fruit

  • winged nuts
  • stay on the tree even in winter
  • about 2 to 3 cm long
  • about 4 to 6 cm wide
  • also called rotary screw flyer
  • Ripening time: August to October

leaves

  • imparipinnate
  • sawn leaf edge
  • Autumn colour: yellow
  • Color of leaf top: dark green
  • Color of the underside of the leaf: light green
  • Length: about 30 cm
  • only form after flowering in late spring
  • stay on the tree for a long time
  • bare, with reddish-brown hairs only on the veins

bark and wood

  • smooth when young
  • longitudinal and transverse cracks in old age
  • Color gray
  • heavy
  • high density
  • elastic
  • dark core, light sapwood
  • not weatherproof
  • Use: for sports equipment, oars and paddles, parquet, tool handles

root

  • strengthens the surrounding earth
  • taproot
  • Deep roots with shallow side roots

Diseases

  • the ash dieback

mythology

  • is considered in the Yggdrasil, the Nordic legend as the center of the universe (world ash)

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Trees