Ash trees are found throughout North America, Centra America, Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa. Several species are native to North Carolina. They are members of the olive family (Oleaceae). The genus name is a classical name for the trees. Ash trees are generally easy to grow in sunny or partially shaded situations. They grow in any soil type but do best where moisture is continuously available. Growing ash trees is risky, given the destructive emerald ash borer that is now established in our area. Learn more about efforts to control emerald ash borer from Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer in North Carolina . Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: The emerald ash borer is the most serious existential threat to ash trees, but other pests include ash flower gall mite, brownheaded ash sawfly, ash lacebug, and the redheade ash borer.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.