Green Ash vs Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) - TreeTime.ca

Green Ash vs Sugar Maple (Hard Maple)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Acer saccharum

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Green Ash
Sugar Maple (Hard 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.

Sugar Maple is a large, deciduous tree known for its brilliant fall yellow, orange, and red-orange color display.

This long-lived shade tree features unique "maple"
lobed leaves.

Note: this Zone 4 tree is unlikely to produce commercially viable sap on the prairies.

Green Ash Quick Facts

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) Quick Facts

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Zone: 2b
Zone: 4a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 11 m (35 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


Fall colour: bright yellow in early fall
Seeds: seeds located within samaras
Seeds: winged samara
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, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: downy ash, red ash, swamp ash, water ash
Other Names: hard maple, rock maple