Fraxinus anomala
Leaved ash (Fraxinus anomala )
The leaved ash (Fraxinus anomala ) is a shrub or deciduous tree of the United States.
Description
The leaved ash is a shrub or small, rundkroniger deciduous tree that can reach a height of 8 meters. The branches are sharp square, the terminal buds are hairy brown. The leaves are usually simple, rarely single leaves are composed of three to five leaflets. They are broadly ovate to almost circular, 2 to 5 inches long, rounded or shortly acuminate with wide wedge base. The leaf margin is entire or notched indistinct. The petiole is hairy at first. The flowers are hermaphrodite or unisexual and are short, hairy, pendent racemes. Petals absent. The flowers appear with the leaves in May. As a fruit 2 inches long, flat nut fruits are formed, the edge of wing runs down to the base.
Fruits
Distribution and ecology
The distribution of ash -leaved extends from the Rocky Mountains over the southwestern United States to California. There, they are found in floodplains and riparian woodland on moderately dry to moderately moist, mildly acidic to strongly alkaline, sandy, gravelly or loamy, nutrient- rich soils in sunny locations. It is moderately frost hardy, tolerates heat.
System
The leaved ash (Fraxinus anomala ) is a species from the genus of ash trees (Fraxinus ). There she is assigned to the section Dipetalae.