Green ash trees will reach a height of about 60 feet with a spread of 45 feet. Upright main branches bear twigs which droop toward the ground before bending upward at their tips much like basswood.

The loss of the Great Trinity Forest’s green ash will disrupt the entire ecosystem — both the plants that flourish under their canopy and the birds and butterflies that depend on these trees.

Green ash trees typically live for 100-120 years. The species is most common in bottomlands in the Mississippi basin, but can survive dry, windswept sites as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma, cold ...

SALISBURY — Pulling back the flaking bark of the green ash tree with the ease of someone peeling an orange, Jay Bolin exposes the evidence he expected to find. “Look at those D-shaped exit ...

Some of my contemporaries agree with that assessment but make a serious mistake by saying that all ash trees are bad. I agree with them that Arizona ash and the bottomland green ash are not good ...

While this particular green ash on Crystal Bridge Drive may appear healthy, the emerald ash borer — an invasive wood-boring beetle native to East Asia that has decimated tens of millions of ash ...

Green ash trees can grow to 70 feet tall or more, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service website.

Green ash, white ash, and black ash were once among the most commonly planted trees in the Chicago area. As native tree species, they were also abundant in Midwestern woodlands.

Dead ash trees are seen at Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary on June 4. Since 2009, the vast majority of white, black and green ash trees have been wiped out by an invasive pest.