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Fraxinus americana



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Fraxinus americana
White ash

The smooth light gray young bark becomes a medium gray to grayish-brown and is furrowed into diamond-shaped patterns, with the tops of the ridges rounded. The ridge tops on Fraxinus pennsylvanica are flattened in contrast.

 
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