Basisdaten
description:
The Texas ash is native to North America. The wood is often used in guitar making because it has good resonance characteristics.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Fraxinus nigra
family:
Olive family (Oleaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 25 m (82 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Black ash are green, up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and odd-pinnate with 5-9 single leaves. The leaflets are ovate. The leaf margin is serrated.
leaf shape:
imparipinnate
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
May
blossom color:
whitish-green
blossom description:
The whitish-green bloom conditions are formed as lateral panicles, which sprout just before the leaves.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
The paired samaras are about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.
branches:
The branches are gray, thick, smooth with conspicuous black and pointed buds. The branches have distinct leaf scars.
bark:
The bark is also in young trees gray, thick and corky.
root:
Shallow-rooting plant With branched fine roots
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
permeable soil, moisture-loving
ph value:
acid - alkaline
usage:
floodplains, single tree