Oleaceae -- Olive family W. R. Harms Pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda), also called red ash, is a large tree of swamps and bottom lands where it often develops a swollen or pumpkin-shaped butt. Fo

Pumpkin Ash is an uncommon large tree of wet habitats. It is found in swamps and on river and stream banks in the Coastal Plain and rarely also in the lower Piedmont and Mountains of North Carolina.

Shape and Distribution Pumpkin ash is a large tree, reaching heights of up to 130 feet, with a trunk diameter of up to 5 feet on sites with excellent growing conditions. The tree grows best in areas

The Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda, Bush.) is one of the largest and most beautiful of our ash trees, and leads all the others in the size of its leaves and keys. The velvety pubescence of its young s