Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Family: Oleaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Green. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste like eggs. — Inner bark - cooked.; The cambium layer can be scraped down in long, fluffy layers and cooked.; It is said to taste like eggs.; Inner bark can also be dried, ground into a powder and then used as a thickening in soups etc or mixed with cereals when making bread.

Habitat & North American Range

Streambanks, floodplains and wet upland sites, rarely in pure stands. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)