Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Leaves and fruit

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Melioides
Species:
F. pennsylvanica
Binomial name
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Natural range of Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Fraxinus pennsylvanica, the green ash or red ash,[3] is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and eastern Texas. It has spread and become naturalized in much of the western United States and also in Argentina and Europe, from Spain to Russia.[4][5][6]

Other names more rarely used include downy ash, swamp ash, and water ash.

  1. ^ Westwood, M.; Oldfield, S.; Jerome, D.; Romero-Severson, J. (2017). "Fraxinus pennsylvanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T61918934A61919002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T61918934A61919002.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ NatureServe (2 February 2024). "Fraxinus pennsylvanica". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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  4. ^ "Fraxinus pennsylvanica". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. ^ "Fraxinus pennsylvanica". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. ^ "Fraxinus pennsylvanica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.