Ash tree identification. Fraxinus excelsior — a tree known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash — is a species of Fraxinus native to most of Europe.
The second commonest native tree in the UK after oak. Fraxinus excelsior or simply “the ash” as it is normally known in Britain, gained The RHS Royal Horticultural Society AGM Award of Garden Merit. Ash is excellent firewood, being ready to burn while still green.
If ash be brown or ash be green
ash burns fit for a queen!
(Anon – from traditional forestry poem)
It is a large deciduous tree growing to 20–35 m (66–115 ft) (exceptionally to 46 m or 151 ft) tall with a trunk up to 2 m (6.6 ft) (exceptionally to 3.5 m or 11 ft) diameter, with a tall, domed crown. The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming thick and vertically fissured on old trees. The shoots are stout, greenish-grey, with jet black buds (which distinguish it from most other ash species, which have grey or brown buds).

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