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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fraxinus biltmoreana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it on mesic slopes, in rich cove forests, dryish calcareous or mafic glades & woodlands (with Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana and Carya glabra), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-7(9) leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Usually unisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete or nearly so
Petals absent
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!