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Fraxinus excelsior L. (Common Ash)

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Trees IV

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 35))

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Fraxinus (family Oleaceae) is a genus of approximately 50 species of hardwood trees and shrubs found in Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia and N. America. Although there are several Fraxinus spp. growing in Europe, only common ash (F. excelsior L.) is found in woodlands in the British Isles (Fig. la). Important North American species include F. americana (white ash) and F. pennsylvanica (green ash). Typically, common ash trees have pinnately compound leaves (Fig. lb) arranged in alternately opposite pairs. Apetalous flowers are borne in axillary panicles, and each consists of a single ovary containing four ovules, of which only one usually develops into a seed. The fruits develop into samaras which persist in clusters (Fig. 1c) on the tree often long after leaf-fall, and are eventually dispersed by wind.

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Hammatt, N. (1996). Fraxinus excelsior L. (Common Ash). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees IV. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10617-4_10

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