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American ash is similar in appearance to European ash. Thesapwood is light coloured to nearly white and the heartwoodvaries from greyish brown to light brown, to pale yellowstreaked with brown. The degree and availability of lightcoloured sapwood, and other properties, will vary accordingto the growing regions.Southern ash lumber will be faster grown and containmore sapwood and therefore, a higher percentage of whitecolour, compared to Northern ash, which has a more opentexture and grain. The wood is generally straight grainedwith a coarse uniform texture