| Fraxinus americana
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Lamiales
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| Family:
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Oleaceae
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| Genus:
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Fraxinus
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Fraxinus sect. Melioides
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| Species:
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F. americana
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| Binomial name
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Fraxinus americana
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| Natural range of Fraxinus americana
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| Synonyms
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- Aplilia macrophyla (Hoffmanns.) Raf.
- Calycomelia acuminata (Lam.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia alba (Marshall) Kostel.
- Calycomelia americana (L.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia biltmoreana (Beadle) Nieuwl.
- Calycomelia epiptera (Michx.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia juglandifolia (Lam.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia pistaciifolia Nieuwl.
- Calycomelia viridis (Bosc) Kostel.
- Fraxinoides alba (Marshall) Medik.
- Fraxinus acuminata Lam.
- Fraxinus alba Marshall
- Fraxinus americana subsp. typicum Wesm.
- Fraxinus biltmoreana Beadle
- Fraxinus biltmoreana var. subcoriacea (Sarg.) J.J.N.Campb.
- Fraxinus canadensis Gaertn.
- Fraxinus carolinensis Wangenh.
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. latifolia (Vahl) Willd.
- Fraxinus caroliniana Willd.
- Fraxinus curtissii Vasey
- Fraxinus discolor Muhl.
- Fraxinus discolor var. juglandifolia (Lam.) Muhl.
- Fraxinus epiptera Michx.
- Fraxinus glauca Raf.
- Fraxinus grandifolia Raf.
- Fraxinus juglandifolia Lam.
- Fraxinus juglandifolia var. subserrata Willd.
- Fraxinus macrophylla Hoffmanns.
- Fraxinus nigra var. juglandifolia (Lam.) Castigl.
- Fraxinus novae-angliae Mill.
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. novae-angliae (Mill.) Buttler
- Fraxinus pistaciifolia E.Hall ex A.Gray.
- Fraxinus pubescens var. latifolia Vahl
- Fraxinus pubescens var. longifolia Vahl
- Fraxinus villosa Dum.Cours.
- Fraxinus viridis Bosc
- Leptalix acuminata (Lam.) Raf.
- Leptalix alba (Marshall) Raf.
- Leptalix epiptera (Michx.) Raf.
- Leptalix glauca Raf.
- Leptalix grandifolia Raf.
- Leptalix juglandifolia (Lam.) Raf.
- Leptalix viridis (Bosc) Raf.
- Ornanthes americana (L.) Raf.
- Ornus americana (L.) Bosc
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Fraxinus americana, the white ash or American ash, is a fast-growing species of ash tree native to eastern and central North America. The tree is highly valued as lumber.
The white ash population in North America was devastated by the invasive emerald ash borer, which killed hundreds of millions of them as it spread during the 1990s–2010s. Surviving white ashes are often much younger, with the oldest and tallest white ashes largely becoming dead trees due to the emerald ash borer.