Colour: splint wood white, wide, corn wood yellow till red-white, later light brown, due to different colour zones often irregular striped and cloudy, coloured: similar to olive-wood, also with facultative creation of colour-corn; the barrier between splint and corn wood is not always clear

Texture: tangential cut, striped, radial cut, grained (tangential cut), very decorative

Appearance:

Europe till the middle of Russia, Middle East; prefers fresh till humid ground, grows also quiet well on rocky territory and dry chalky soil; avoids try sand and stagnating wetness, sensitive to frost; grows in the lowlands and in the highlands; sort of mixed trees, alone or in groups; mostly in the lowlands or lowland forests, often alone in the roadside, in gardens or parks.

Advices:

Chopping in the age of 70...80 years, cutting: if possible before summer and with bark; stacking of lumber only outdoor; Ash veneering must absolutely be protected before cracks. Creation of twin with mild growth may lead to an excellent "pyramid" veneering texture; Ash wood that grows in stony inclination has short fibres and is rough, wood that grows in humid ground is has long fibres and is quiet elastic; Brown-corned ash wood has the same humidity-character like material without corns; ashes growing in wet places are called: "water ashes", growing in try "chalk ashes", free standing are called: "garden ashes" (in contrast to "forest ashes"), ash wood is good for processing is it manual or automatically