White ash group’s heartwood is brown, and the sapwood is light-colored or almost white. In this group of hardwoods, second-growth trees are preferred because of their inherent wood qualities (high resistance to shock, hard, heavy, stiff, and strong White ash has good workability with machine and hand tools and responds well to steam bending. White ash can grow up to a 50-80’ length and a 40-50’ spread at maturity.