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



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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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_876

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_frbi2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0507o_31

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Fraxinus biltmoreana, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash

JK Marlow    jkm151024_521

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

image of Fraxinus biltmoreana, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash

JK Marlow    jkm151024_521b

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm151024_524

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

Branchlets, petioles, rachises, and petiolules densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Fraxinus biltmoreana, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash

JK Marlow    jkm151024_525

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

image of Fraxinus biltmoreana, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash

JK Marlow    jkm151024_528

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_americana_biltmor_1

November        

Biltmore Ash's velvety twigs lack White Ash's notched leaf scar, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

 

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1997

Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests, dry calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands (with Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana and Carya glabra), calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-7(9) 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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