Habitat: Floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, tidal swamps, seepage swamps, depression swamps and ponds, wet flatwoods, flood-scoured riverside bars and prairies, and other wetlands. Common in the Virginia Coastal Plain and Piedmont; rather infrequent and mostly confined to stream valleys in the mountains
Wildlife Value: The Green ash is a host plant for the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly and many moths. The bark is eaten by rabbits, porcupines, and beavers. Its foliage is browsed by white-tailed deer, seeds are eaten by birds, squirrels, and other small mammals
Note: Planting new ash trees is no longer recommended due to the trees' susceptibility to the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), a pest that feeds under the bark and bores into the wood. However, ash trees provide multiple benefits to the ecosystem and community and can be protected from the emerald ash borer and with proper treatment of an insectide. See link below for more information
High Value Generalist
Earth Sangha lists this plant as a "High Value Generalist" because it is easy to grow, occurs across a wide range of habitats and is known to be of high value to wildlife
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