What Is Fraxinus Americana?

Scientific name: Fraxinus amerixans L

Fraxinus mandshurica

Common tree species are Fraxinus chinensis, European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), American ash (Fraxinus americana)
Ash, White adh; American Ash; Canadian adh.
Mainly produced in Southwest China, South China, Central China and East China, North America and Europe.
The difference between heartwood and sapwood is not obvious, and the wood color is light yellow brown to yellow brown. Ring hole material. Single perforation, pits are arranged in parallel. Axial thin-walled tissues are loop-shaped, wing-shaped, polywing-shaped, and adjacent tube-shaped. Wood rays are not superimposed; single-row rays are few; multi-row rays are 2 to 3 cells wide. The single-row and multiple-row homographs are uniform.
The air-dry density is 0.66 to 0.77 g / cm3. Suitable for aircraft propellers, keels, keels and hulls of sports boats, motorboats, sports equipment, piano shells, butt materials and wooden floors.
The sapwood is almost white, and the heartwood is different in color, from light brown to light red to brown; the air-dry density is about 0.67g / cm3; the wood is divided into two types: hardwood and softwood.
Hardwood-type wood is suitable for manufacturing products that require toughness or bending or vibration resistance, such as: flooring, tool handles, crawlers, frames, etc .; softwood-type wood is suitable for interior decoration, joinery, furniture, etc.
Because the ash tree is often parasitic on it, it is named "ash tree". The bark of ash tree is also called "spring bark", which can clear heat and detoxify, and is a precious natural medicine raw material.

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