Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Green/brown bead-like rounded cluster
• Leaves: pinnately compound, 6-12 inches long, 5-9 pointed oval leaflets, leaflets 2½-5 inches long and 1-1¾ inches wide, very short winged stalk, finely toothed edges
• Bark: grey, diamond patterned furrows
• Fruit/Seed: single winged seed, 1-1 ¾ inch long
• Height: 50-110 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: forests, floodplains, old fields and field edges

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fraxinus_pennsylvanica_leaf.jpg
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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• Calflora
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• eFloras.org
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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