Wood: The green ash is an important timber
tree. The wood is often sold as 
white
ash (F. americana) which is being supplanted by this species
in industry as it becomes more scarce. The wood of green ash is heavier,
but it has the same strength, elasticity, and straight grain as that of
white ash. It is used for tool handles, paddles and oars, snowshoes, tennis
rackets, baseball bats and picture frames.
Wildlife: Large seed crops make this an important food source for turkey, quail, cardinals, finches, woodchucks, squirrels and other rodents. Deer and moose browse the young shoots and foliage.
Horticulture: This is one of the most adaptable
native trees for planting as a street or lawn tree in Iowa. It provides
good shade and is a fast grower. It is a good reforestation tree for sites
where the soil is not too dry. Some botanists classify those trees with
glabrous twigs and leaves as the variety subintegerrima; and those
with pubescent twigs and undersides of leaves, with thinner leaflets, as
the variety pennsylvanica (red ash).
