NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Fraxinus coriacea, see Fraxinus velutina. 
Fraxinus cuspidata Torr. Flowering ash. 
Range : 11, 14, 17. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Samara. 
Usually a large shrub, more rarely a small or large tree ; flowers April-May ; 
commonly arborescent southward but mostly in Mexico ; often thicket-forming ; 
16,000 seeds per pound. Provides poor and sometimes fair to fairly good browse 
for goats, sheep, and cattle. 
Var. macropetala (Bastw.) Rehder, (F. macropetala Eastw.) differs from 
the species in bearing three, five, and seven foliate leaves. 
Fraxinus darlingtonii, see Fraxinus pennsylvanica. 
Fraxinus dipetala Hook, and Arn. Flowering ash. 
Range : 1, 3, 4, 5. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Samara. 
A large shrub. 
Observations: California mule deer. 
Fraxinus floridana, see Fraxinus pauciflora. 
Fraxinus glabra, see Fraxinus velutina. 
Fraxinus greggii Gray. Littleleaf ash. 
F. schiedeana parvifolia Torr. 
Range: 11, 17. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Samara. 
A small to large tree. 
Fraxinus lanceolata, see Fraxinus pennsylvanica. 
Fraxinus lowellii Sarg. 
Range: 11. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Samara, available in July. 
A small to large tree ; possibly closely related to F. anomala. 
Fraxinus macropetala, see Fraxinus cuspidata. 
Fraxinus michauxii Britt. 
Range : 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Samara. 
A large tree ; flowers April-May. 
Fraxinus nigra Marsh. Black ash. 
jF^. saml)ucifolia Lam. 
Range : 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Samara; available June-September, falling or persistent until 
spring. 
A large perfect or dioecious tree; flowers April-May; root system shallow; 
easily wind thrown ; severely damaged by fire but quite free from fungus and 
insect damage ; coppices poorly ; wood used commercially ; vitality of seeds low ; 
8,000 seeds per pound. 
Observations: Evening grosbeak; cottontail rabbit. 
Fraxinus oregona Nutt. Oregon ash. 
F. californica Hort. 
Range : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Samara ; available September-October, partially persistent 3 to 
12 months. 
A large dioecious tree ; flowers April-May ; rapid growing, relatively long- 
lived ; free from disease ; wood of importance commercially ; comes into leaf late 
in spring and sheds its foliage early in the fall ; fruit produced in great quanti- 
ties ; 10,000 seeds per pound, vitality persistent. 
Observations: Western evening grosbeak. A fairly important cattle browse 
and good local browse for sheep and goats. 
