Ash

Ash is the name of the ligature æ (uppercase Æ), found in the Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Danish, and Norwegian alphabets. It is also a character in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

It frequently represents an non-rounded, semi-open front vowel, similar to "short a" sound of "cat" in many dialects of English.

---

Also name of main hero of TV series Pokemon.

---

Ash Trees

Ash also refers to two very distinct group of trees. In America, ash generally refers to trees of the genus Fraxinus. In Great Britain, it may also refer to the mountain ash, genus Sorbus, which see.

The genus Fraxinus is in the olive family, Oleaceae. Ashes are usually medium to large trees. Most have pinnately-compound, opposite leaves. The seed is shed as samaras of a type known as keys.

The white ash is a particularly important timber tree, and is the source of wood for quality wooden baseball bats.

Ashes of North America include:

• Fraxinus americana - white ash
• Fraxinus caroliniana - water ash
• Fraxinus nigra - black ash
• Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash (including red ash)
• Fraxinus profunda - pumpkin ash
• Fraxinus quadrangulata - blue ash