OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 6 taxa.

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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Ash, Water Ash, Pop Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus caroliniana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus caroliniana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus caroliniana 153-01-001   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Deeply to shallowly flooded swamps, both alluvial and tidal

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: White Ash, American Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus americana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus americana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus americana var. americana 153-01-002a   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus biltmoreana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus americana   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana 153-01-002b   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests, dry calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands (with Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana and Carya glabra), calcareous hammocks

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Pumpkin Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus profunda   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus profunda   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus tomentosa 153-01-003   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, especially along blackwater rivers and streams and in freshwater tidal wetlands (as along the James, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, and Rappahannock rivers in e. VA), also in brownwater bottomlands; common (rare in Piedmont and Mountains)

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Green Ash, Red Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus pennsylvanica   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus pennsylvanica   FAMILY: Oleaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus pennsylvanica + 153-01-004   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands and swamps, especially along brownwater rivers and streams, rarely on mesic upland disturbed sites

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ash

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus quadrangulata   FAMILY: Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus quadrangulata   FAMILY: Oleaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry calcareous woodlands and forests

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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