Tree Trail

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

    Notable about this species*

  • Wood from this tree is hard, strong, and durable.
  • It is used to make tool handles, oars, furniture, dowels, pulp and firewood.
  • It finds uses in sports as the material from which bats, hockey sticks, and snowshoe frames are made.

Map to this tree.

Coordinates: 44.873461, -68.634368

Additional Information

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* Source: “Forest Trees of Maine”, Centennial Edition, 1908 to 2008, a publication of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry