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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fraxinus caroliniana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fraxinus caroliniana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-01-001:
Fraxinus caroliniana FAMILY Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Ash, Water Ash, Pop Ash
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_870
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frca3_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_f_caroliniana_75176
March Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfcaroliniana_biedler
Month Unknown SC
Francis Biedler Forest
5-9 leaflets varying in size & shape, margins entire or irregularly toothed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfcaroliniana_biedler1
Month Unknown SC
Francis Biedler Forest
Body of samara flattened, winged the full length of the samara body, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
samaras of Ash species
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfcaroliniana_biedler2
Month Unknown SC
Francis Biedler Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 153-01-001:
Fraxinus caroliniana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fraxinus caroliniana
2489
Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: Deeply to shallowly flooded swamps, both alluvial and tidal, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11 leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete or nearly so
Petals absent
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p253
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p060
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p108
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p140
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