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Green Ash vs Silver Maple

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Acer saccharinum

Green Ash
Silver Maple

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.

Silver Maple is a fast-growing, large deciduous tree that typically has a short trunk and sharply branched crown.

Silver Maple bears red flowers in early spring and beautiful five lobed, deeply notched green and silver leaves that turn yellow in the fall. This versatile and attractive shade tree requires a large yard.

Silver Maple is often used to make syrup instead of Sugar Maple in colder areas where Sugar Maple sap does not sweeten very well (like the Canadian prairies).

Green Ash Quick Facts

Silver Maple Quick Facts

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Zone: 2b
Zone: 3a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright yellow in early fall
Fall colour: pale yellow to brown
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: low

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

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: downy ash, red ash, swamp ash, water ash
Other Names: creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, water maple, white maple