Leaves – Similar to Fraxinus americana, but leaflets often narrower and always with some serration; opposite, deciduous, pinnately compound with 7-9 3-4” leaflets; ovate with smooth margin; more or ...

SPARKILL – "Fraxinus Americana," the iconic white ash that stretched 90 feet into the sky and earned the title of Rockland County's oldest and biggest tree, was cut down Wednesday morning after ...

The stately American Ash (Fraxinus americana), beauty berries (Callicarpa americana), sweetspire (Itea virginica) and a young American fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flank its entrance. The ...

Bark – ashy gray; initially smooth with interlacing corky ridges later. White ash (Fraxinus americana) is native to the entire eastern corridor of North America, extending from Nova Scotia to Florida ...

It may be a subspecies of white ash (Fraxinus americana), but it is far superior to every other ash in many ways. Some in this industry advise against all ash trees, but this one is different.

Sparkill's famed "Fraxinus Americana" isn't the only ancient arbor in the Lower Hudson Valley. The Bedford Oak, believed to be 500 years old, is likely Westchester County's oldest tree.