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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Biltmore Ash at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus americana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-01-002b:
Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana FAMILY Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus biltmoreana
COMMON NAME:
Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_876
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frbi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm250618_1079
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Branchlets, petioles, rachises, and petiolules densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_31
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1756
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151024_521
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151024_521b
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151024_524
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
Branchlets, petioles, rachises, and petiolules densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm151024_525
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151024_528
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_americana_biltmor_1
November
Biltmore Ash's velvety twigs lack White Ash's notched leaf scar, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE
leaf scars of Ash species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus americana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-01-002b:
Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus biltmoreana
1997
Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests, dry calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands (with Juniperus virginiana and Carya glabra), calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-7(9) leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete or nearly so
Petals absent
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p04
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p148
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