# Texas Ash (Fraxinus albicans)

> Texas ash, Fraxinus albicans: a medium tree of 30 to 50 feet for zones 5 to 9, when it flowers and fruits, and the natives we grow for the same ground.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/texas-ash/

![A Texas ash branch heavy with hanging bunches of green samaras among its compound leaves, beside a grassy prairie](https://bluewhaletrees.com/img/species/texas-ash-1000.jpg?v=0b4902d1 "A Texas ash at the edge of a dry, rocky prairie in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 26, 2017. The national champion, in Texas, stands 85 feet tall.")
*Photo: Mason Brock, [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFraxinus_albicans.jpg) ([source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFraxinus_albicans.jpg))*

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

| Fact | Texas Ash |
| --- | --- |
| 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](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/native/index.html.md?state=OK) and [Texas](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/native/index.html.md?state=TX). 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](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/growth/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the growth estimator
- [Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/site-check/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the planting-site check
- [How far from a house, wires and a septic field](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/distance/index.html.md?species=texas-ash&near=house,septic,pavement,wires,boundary,tree): the planting-distance tool
- [What grows with it in the wild and in a yard](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/companions/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the companion species tool
- [When to plant it where you live](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/planting-window/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the planting-window tool
- [When it flowers and fruits, month by month](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/calendar/index.html.md?plants=texas-ash): the bloom and fruit calendar
- [How to sow its seed, with dates for your place](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/sowing/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the seed sowing planner
- [How many to plant for a crop of seed](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/pollination/index.html.md?plants=texas-ash:5): the pollination planner
- [Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/transplant/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the transplant planner
- [How old one is, from its trunk](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/tree-age/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the tree age calculator
- [How a big one scores against the champion trees](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/big-tree/index.html.md?species=texas-ash): the big-tree measurer

## For the same ground, we grow

- [Texas Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/texas-red-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus buckleyi*): medium tree, 20 to 50 feet, zones 5 to 10. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Western Soapberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/western-soapberry/index.html.md) (*Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii*): medium tree, 20 to 50 feet, zones 5 to 9. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya texana*): medium tree, 30 to 80 feet, zones 4 to 9. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Hop Hornbeam](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hop-hornbeam/index.html.md) (*Ostrya virginiana*): medium tree, 25 to 40 feet, zones 3 to 9. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Winged Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winged-elm/index.html.md) (*Ulmus alata*): medium tree, 40 to 60 feet, zones 6 to 9. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/post-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus stellata*): medium tree, 35 to 50 feet, zones 5 to 9. Shares rocky ground and dry uplands in the wild.
- [Every companion of Texas ash in the companion species tool](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/companions/index.html.md?species=texas-ash)

## 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.