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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus quadrangulata   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fraxinus quadrangulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ash


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image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_883

        

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_frqu_001_lvd

        

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_quadrangulata_2

March        

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

JK Marlow    jkm090404_071

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

JK Marlow    jkm090404_075

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Twigs moderately stout, 4-angled, noticeably winged, brown to gray, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

JK Marlow    jkm110416_904

April    Etowah County    AL

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_quadrangulata_3

April        

Bark gray, furrowed into flattened scaly plates, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Tom Jones    tom_fquadrangulata001

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Tom Jones    tom_fquadrangulata002

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_quadrangulata_6

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Sam Pratt    sbp052521_0497

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Sam Pratt    sbp052521_0497b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Sam Pratt    sbp052521_image0

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_quadrangulata_15

August        

Leaflets 5-11, short-stalked, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

Sam Pratt    sbp_2765

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

The 4-sided nature of the twigs is most pronounced in juvenile trees, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7682

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus quadrangulata   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus quadrangulata   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus quadrangulata

 

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Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: Mesic to dry calcareous woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11 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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