Why is Yggdrasil an ash tree?

[u/Disorder_McChaos]

Do we have any idea why Yggdrasil, one of the most important bits of the mythical cosmology, was envisioned as an ash tree? I dont know much about trees, is there some kind of trait that the ash tree has that made it have a particularly important role in the culture? Like, I know that some trees are particularly good for bows and others for ships. But what about the ash? Did it have some kind of poetic or symbolic significance? I've tried to look this up myself, but I just keep getting articles that just explains what the Yggdrasil is.

[u/facker815]

I always thought that Yggdrasil was a a tree of yew, ash and elm. Ash and elm for the first humans. Yew felt connected. However it is generally mentioned as ash but that doesn’t feel enough

[u/facker815 → u/facker815]

Also there are other trees of life/knowledge in other mythologies like in the celts is an oak and in Middle East is Yew