Green Ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

native · Hill Countrysold locally

Green Ash is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 50–75 ft tall and 50 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms green in late spring. Good for birds and butterflies.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

7 sources

Type: Tree
Sun: Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: 50–75 ft
Spread: 50 ft
Bloom: Late Spring · green
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, dry, limestone, loam, moist, sand
Wildlife: Supports birds and butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

178 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:

5, 10, 15 gallon

From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.