Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fraxinus biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus americana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 153-01-002b:
Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Fraxinus biltmoreana
COMMON NAME:
Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash
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July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
Branchlets, petioles, rachises, and petiolules densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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November
Biltmore Ash's velvety twigs lack White Ash's notched leaf scar, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
COMPARE
leaf scars of Ash species