American ash is ideal for bending and turning - and is strong and tough with distinctive grain, character and colour. It grows commonly throughout the eastern United States in mixed hardwood forests. Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) data shows U.S. ash makes up 5.1% of total U.S. hardwood growing stock in the forest and that while 6.1 million m³ of American ash is harvested each year, the forests are naturally growing 12.1 million m³ during the same period. It has light coloured wood, with sapwood varying from white to yellow and heartwood ranging from light to dark brown. Being very hard, stable when dry and easy to finish and stain, it is ideal for furniture and flooring.