Oregon Ash
Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon ash is the West Coast's native ash, a fast bottomland and streamside tree turning clear yellow in fall. The emerald ash borer has now reached the Pacific Northwest, so plant and monitor with care. Like other ashes, a bitter syrup has occasionally been drawn from the tree, though it's unclear this was ever really used as food rather than medicine.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 70–70 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, mammals, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~149 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA
Related native plants
More Fraxinus species
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Texas Ash (Fraxinus albicans)
- Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
- Velvet Ash (Fraxinus velutina)