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Family Name:        Oleaceae  =  Olive  Family
Scientific Name: previous scientific nameFraxinus  pennsylvanica  next scientific name      plant name pronunciation
Common Name:   Green Ash, Red Ash
USDA Forest Service Silvics (tree culture)   
     
1  Fraxipenn_AAD02_LittleAtl
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2  Fraxipenn_AF01_Sep4
3  Fraxipenn_BA02_Sep4
4  Fraxipenn_BA04_Feb22
5  Fraxipenn_HT09_Dec26
6  Fraxipenn_HT13_Dec26
7  Fraxipenn_LF02
8  Fraxipenn_LF03_Sep3
9  Fraxipenn_LF04_Left_Marsh
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10  Fraxipens_OF03_Apr19_1175
11  Fraxipens_OF05_Apr19_1177
12  Fraxipens_OF06_Apr19_1172
13  Fraxipens_OF04_Apr19_1174
14  Fraxipenn_PR04_Jun2
15  Fraxipenn_PR01
                 
 


Picture Notes:  Picture 9 has Leaves of cultivars Marshalls Seedless on the Left, Summit in the Middle, and Kimberly Blue on the Right.

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Distribution:  Nova Scotia to Georgia and Mississippi.

Synonyms:  

Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 3-9       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   50-60 ft. tall, with a spread of 30-45 ft.

Form:   Deciduous tree. Pyramidal when young, developing an extremely irregular, spreading habit when mature.

Bark:   Bark is deeply furrowed into a diamond pattern.

Stem/Bud:   Leaf scar is not U-shaped, but straight across the top.

Leaves:   Leaves are opposite, odd-pinnate, with 5-9 leaflets that are ovate, sparingly toothed, pubescent beneath.

Fall Color:   Fall color is yellowish. The leaves turn yellow early in the Fall.

Flower:   Plants are dioecious. Flowers are apetalous, in panicles, hairy, and not showy.

Fruit:   Fruit is a samara, produced very prolifically.

Uses:   Street tree.

Problems:   Click here   to view problems.   

Culture:   

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Notes:   

Notes 2:   Leafs out late in spring. Shade tree. Native to Michigan.

Notes 3:   

Cultivars:   

                 'Marshall's Seedless'

                 'Patmore'

                 'Summit'



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