So for reference, I've only seen a handful of ash trees in my life. I know there to be a few different cultivars (white, green, etc.). Can anyone help me ID which one exactly that I've found? The ID apps I tried to use (that usually work well) couldn't agree. So I turn it over to those more experienced than myself: I found the decontrsucted remains at the tree pit this afternoon. Must have come out of someone's yard recently. Collected some more maple, elm, pear, and a little apple as well. Either way it'll all go towards refilling the stacks. Splitting is all by hand, but much of what I've found recently has been pretty easy to bust up including this new ash I've acquired.
Yes, there was indeed a good amount of silver maple in the mix. I really like maple and wish I could get into more of it. But they're only yard trees in my neck of the woods (or lack thereof woods).
I believe the bark furrows in green ash are a little more… furrowy than white. Rougher, smaller interlacing bark pattern. That looks like green to me.
It was kind of a "weed" tree growing roadside with old metal fencing attached to it. IME this seems to be the only green ash i score. Seems denser too. Either way it was alive and a pleasure to process with tight bark vs the messy EAB stuff. It did have some signs of EAB damage.
Green ash was more commonly planted as a landscape tree than white. Usually I see way more white ash (mostly dead) out in natural areas. My coworker whose backyard abuts a wetland has a ton of “wild” green ash. I think they like water more so than white ash.
