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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus quadrangulata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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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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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_883
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frqu_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_quadrangulata_2
March
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JK Marlow jkm090404_071
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm110416_904
April Etowah County AL
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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).
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Tom Jones tom_fquadrangulata001
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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Tom Jones tom_fquadrangulata002
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_quadrangulata_6
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
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Sam Pratt sbp052521_0497
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp052521_0497b
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp052521_image0
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_quadrangulata_15
August
Leaflets 5-11, short-stalked, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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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).
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p291
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p140
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p113
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p256
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p058
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p04
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p146
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