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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
FAMILY
Oleaceae
Go to FSUS key
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 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
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus darlingtonii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
COMMON NAME:
Green Ash, Red 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_878
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frda_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frpe_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_frpe_009_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm240213_7399
February Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_pennsylvanica
March
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JK Marlow jkm0504c_19
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0504u_05
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers [male pictured] individually inconspicuous but in prominent clusters, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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JK Marlow jkm120424_504
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Top margin of leaf scar shallowly notched to nearly straight, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE
leaf scars of Ash species
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Sam Pratt sbp_043022_1489
April Spartanburg County SC
Pearson's Falls
D-shaped beetle exit holes: Emerald ash borer threatens America's ash trees as well as fringetree.
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Sam Pratt sbp_043022_1490
April Spartanburg County SC
Pearson's Falls
Don't move firewood! buy local, burn local. EAB larvae can survive hidden in the bark of firewood.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfpensylvanica_fc
May
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JK Marlow jkm130628_330
June Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm130628_331
June Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2667
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Note the two large "eye spots" on this click beetle (Alaus oculatus).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_pennsylvanica_1
June
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JK Marlow jkm0307h_28
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Juvenile.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_pennsylvanica_2
July
Fruit very narrow, wing extending about half the length of elongate seed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
samaras of Ash species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_pennsylvanica_3
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_pennsylvanica_4
August
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JK Marlow s051008_a
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets, glabrous, green on both sides, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow s051008_b
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
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
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus darlingtonii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
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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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p290
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p142
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p144
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p114
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p254
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p058
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p04
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p146
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p148
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