Ash

Scientific name:
Fraxinus spp.

Other Names and Species:
Fraxinus Americana
American ash
Biltmore ash
Canadian ash
Cane ash
Fresno
Green ash
Mountain ash
Quebec ash
Red ash
White ash
White river ash

Ash is recommended for informal floors. Attractive as well as strong, the reddish brown heartwood in Ash accompanied by its creamy white tones are truly spectacular when flushed with light. For decorating, Ash is very complimentary to off-white, tan, and darker brown furniture and decor.

“The mighty tree that supports the heavens” and “Below earth its roots went down to hell.” That’s what the mythology say. In the Earth, there are some 60 species of ash, of which 16 come from North America. Eastern Canada is the primary habitat of four species, including White Ash. It can reaching a height of 24 m (80 ft) with a straight trunk.

Weight:
41 to 43 pounds/cu. ft.
Hardness: 1,200 pounds
Strength (MOR): 15,000 psi
Stiffness (MOE): 1,660 1000 psi
Density (KG/m3): 769

Use:
Furniture, flooring, doors, architectural millwork and moulding, kitchen cabinets, paneling, tool handles, baseball bats, hockey sticks, billiard cues, skis, oars and turnings

General characteristic:
The wood is normally straight-grained with a common consistent texture. The sapwood is light-colored to nearly white and the heartwood varies from pale yellow streaked with brown, to greyish or light brown and dark brown. White Ash is lighter in color than most commercial species. The degree and availability of light-colored sapwood, and will vary according to the growing regions, which resembles red oak.

Working properties:
In our 1 to 5 assessment, Ash has excellent shock resistance and is good for steam bending. Ash machines well (4), good in nailing (4), screwing (4) and gluing (4), and can be treated to a very good finish (5). The conclusion is Ash has very good overall strength attributes relative to its weight.

Drying and shrinkage:
It drying very easily with minimal degrade, and there is little movement in performance. Tangential Shrinkage: 7.8 % ; Radial Shrinkage: 4.9 %

Durability:
Ash is a light to medium toned wood with great durability; White Ash is strong, hard, stiff and has a high resistance to shock.

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