blue ash

Fraxinus quadrangulata

Summary 7

Fraxinus quadrangulata (Blue Ash) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States, as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone, growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m.

National distribution 8

Canada
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Michael Rayner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Rayner
  2. (c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=frqu_001_avd.tif
  3. (c) "<a href=""http://www.nal.usda.gov/"">National Agricultural Library</a>. Originally from <a href=""http://www.fs.fed.us/"">US Forest Service</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=frqu_002_avp.tif
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  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_quadrangulata
  8. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29008672

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