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Green Ash vs Tulip Tree

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Liriodendron tulipifera

Green Ash
Tulip Tree

Green ash is a fast growing tree with incredible golden yellow leaves in fall. This tree is native to the prairies and is well suited for drought and cold. Green ash can also tolerate soil compaction, periods of flooding and a wide variety of soils including alkaline. This makes green ash ideally suited for use in urban environments.

Tulip Tree is the perfect shade tree for wide open spaces. It has a shallow and extensive root system, so ensure you give it space to grow. The attractive and showy, yellow-orange, tulip shaped flowers are where this tree gets its name.

Tulip Tree is somewhat rare in Canada but highly sought after as it is difficult to grow. Does best in a moist, well-drained soil.

Green Ash Quick Facts

Tulip Tree Quick Facts

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Zone: 2b
Zone: 4a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 24 m (80 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 14 m (45 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: long
Growth form: upright, oval to pyramidal
Spreading: seeds - low
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


Foliage: 4-lobed somewhat spade-shaped
Fall colour: bright yellow in early fall
Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: greenish yellow, tulip-shaped
Bloom time: spring to early summer
Seeds: seeds located within samaras
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 1.8 - 2.4 m (6 - 8 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Native to: AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Native to: ON
Other Names: downy ash, red ash, swamp ash, water ash
Other Names: canoewood, tulip poplar, tulip-poplar, tuliptree, yellow poplar