Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia )
The Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia ) is a deciduous tree species from the genus of ash trees in the family Oleaceae. Their natural habitat is the western North America.
Description
The Oregon ash is a medium sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 15 to 25 meters. The branches are hairy stiff and more or less strongly. The terminal buds are brown, pointed and usually thin brownish hairy. The leaves are 20 to 35 inches long, and composed of five to seven, rarely nine seated or almost sessile leaflets. The leaves are 7-14 inches long, broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, pointed with a rounded or broadly wedge -shaped base. The upper leaf surface is hairy bald or thin, the bottom is hairy. The leaf margin is entire, dentate to indistinct. The flowers are dioecious distributed. They are available in pendent, leafless racemes. Petals absent. The flowers appear with the leaves of May to June. As fruits 3 to 4 inches long, round, nut winged fruits are formed, running down the edge of wing more or less to the base.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area of Oregon ash ranges from British Columbia in Canada through the Northwest of the United States to California. There she thrives in floodplains and banks to moderately dry, fresh to moist, slightly acidic to neutral, sandy soils in sunny locations. It is heat- loving and usually frost hardy.
System
The Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia ) is a species from the genus of ash trees (Fraxinus ) from the family Oleaceae ( Oleaceae ). It is assigned to the section Melioides.
Use
The Oregon ash is rarely used as a timber supplier.