NameThatPlant.net: Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY Oleaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Green Ash at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY Oleaceae

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-01-004:

Fraxinus pennsylvanica + FAMILY Oleaceae

COMMON NAME:
Green Ash, Red Ash

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY Oleaceae

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-01-004:
Fraxinus pennsylvanica + FAMILY Oleaceae

579

Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: Bottomlands and swamps, especially along brownwater rivers and streams, rarely on mesic upland disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-11 leaflets
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete or nearly so
Petals absent
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara

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