Is it said what kind of tree it is? Is it ever said what kind of tree the world tree was? By kind, I mean type. Is it: oak, laurel, plane, sequaia...?

**It's an ash tree**

In e.g. _Völuspá_ , stanza 19, this is explicitly stated:

> An ash I know,
> Yggdrasil its name ...

Translation: Henry Adams Bellow