Manchurian Ash (Fraxinus mandshurica)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 20 Height, Mature (feet) 65.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Moderate Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance Medium CaCO3 Tolerance Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement Medium Fire Tolerance Medium Frost Free Days, Minimum 80 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use High pH, Minimum 4.4 pH, Maximum 8.2 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 300 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 800 Precipitation, Minimum 20 Precipitation, Maximum 50 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 40 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -47 Reproduction Bloom Period Early Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance Low Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 9730 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product High Lumber Product Yes Naval Store Product Yes Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Low Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product Yes