White Ash

Fraxinus americana

Summary 9

Distinguishing Features: Single-winged seeds in dense clusters, bud fuzzy and dark red-brown. Leaflets usually white or pale beneath

Shape: 60 to 70 feet tall, oval at youth, round with age
Branching: Opposite
Leaf: Compound, 8 to 15 inches long, 5-9 leaflets, dark green on top, turns yellow-red in fall
Flower: Small flowers that are green, purple, and black
Bark: Light to dark gray, uniformly furrowed with even, diamond-shaped pattern
Fruit or Seed: Samaras are 1 to 2 inches long and narrow, paddle-shaped and winged

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Common names 10

white ash
Biltmore ash
Biltmore white ash
cane ash
small-seed white ash

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Virens (Latin for greening), algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/evelynfitzgerald/3911040871/
  2. (c) Ross, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/13757887@N00/53880594
  3. (c) Virens (Latin for greening), algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/evelynfitzgerald/3911850252/
  4. (c) Tim Howard, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Tim Howard
  5. Ningún derecho reservado, subido por Kent McFarland
  6. (c) Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Fraxinus_americana_seeds.jpg/460px-Fraxinus_americana_seeds.jpg
  7. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/25646
  8. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/18150
  9. (c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
  10. Dominio Publico, http://eol.org/data_objects/23370175

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