Fraxinus Americana

Mar, Apr, May

Trees, Native Plant, Tree

Woody, Perennial

36-72 ft.

The flowers are primarily dioecious (separate male and female trees) grow in tight panicals. Clusters of apetalous purplish male and female flowers appear on separate trees in April-May before the late-to-emerge foliage. The flowers lack petals.

Male flowers whither away while fertilized female flowers give way to drooping, 6 to 8 inch long clusters of one winged dry flattened samara (to 2 inches long) that ripen in fall and may persist on the tree throughout the winter. Fruit displays from August to October., Green