Texas Red Oak
Quercus buckleyi Medium tree Zones 5–10 20–50 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Texas Ash
Fraxinus albicans. Medium tree, 30 to 50 feet, zones 5 to 9; full sun or part shade; dry or average ground.
We do not grow Texas ash, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
Emerald ash borer, a beetle from eastern Asia, was first found in Texas in 2016 and had reached 40 Texas counties by June 2026. All 16 native ashes are at risk, Texas ash included, and an ash it infests is likely to die.
At a glance
| Other names | Fraxinus texensis |
|---|---|
| Form | Medium tree |
| Height, feet | 30 to 50 |
| Spread, feet | Up to 40 |
| Zones | 5 to 9 |
| Sun | Full sun or part shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry or average ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Fall color, street tree |
| Flowers | March to April |
| Pollination | Separate male and female trees. Male and female flowers grow on separate trees, so a female tree bears seed only with a male nearby. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | Rocky ground and dry uplands |
| Native in | 2 states |
Texas ash is native in 2 states: Oklahoma and Texas. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Wildflower Center and NatureServe Explorer.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place How many to plant for a crop of seed Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of Texas ash's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Western Soapberry
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii Medium tree Zones 5–9 20–50 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
Black Hickory
Carya texana Medium tree Zones 4–9 30–80 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
Hop Hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana Medium tree Zones 3–9 25–40 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata Medium tree Zones 6–9 40–60 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
Post Oak
Quercus stellata Medium tree Zones 5–9 35–50 ft
Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
Read from
Its figures come from the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, UF/IFAS Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, the Wildflower Center, the City of Austin, the Native Plant Society of Texas, Kew's Plants of the World Online and Texas A&M Forest Service.