The blue ash and black ash trees are considered rare.
Ash tree hardwood.
If it s a hardwood that means it came from a dicot tree typically a broad leafed variety of tree.
White ash is rated at 1 320 and green ash at 1 200.
Oregon ash has a janka rating of 1 160 and pumpkin ash rates 990.
It dries fairly easily with minimal degrade and there is little movement in performance.
The tree in winter has pitchfork like looking limb tips and there could be long and narrow clustered winged seed or samaras.
There are no stipules on ash trees so no stipulate scars.
Ash is a hardwood and is hard dense within 20 of 670 kg m 3 for fraxinus americana and higher at 710 kg m 3 for fraxinus excelsior tough and very strong but elastic extensively used for making bows tool handles baseball bats hurleys and other uses demanding high strength and resilience.
Ash is a hardwood along with cherry oak walnut and maple.
Ash is a hardwood which means it will burn hotter and will provide the most heat for the weight.
The trees grow in cool and warm climates on moist well drained soil and in areas that provide enough direct sunlight.
In fact it s often used as a replacement for oak and is sometimes called golden oak like oak cherry and maple tree wood ash is considered a hardwood tree.
Ash has a hardness rating of 1200 most scales generally agree but sometimes they may be slightly different in number.
If it s a softwood it came from a gymnosperm tree typically a conifer.
This valuable and useful information that can help you to learn more about the ash and help you identify the ash tree.
Other soft hardwoods.
Below the photos is information on different types of ash trees including facts about the ash tree species planting information and close up colorful ash tree images.
The 40 to 70 species of ash trees are native to central and north america.
Ash wood has a similar density and grain to oak.
The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
The tree has tall pointed buds above the leaf scars.
It burns clean with no smoke and it throws few sparks.
The specific gravity of ash woods ranges from 0 60 for white ash to 0 49 for black ash.