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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Fraxinus excelsior L. (Ash)
| Uses |
Said to be the best wood for firewood, as evidenced by the following old poem:
Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year;
Store your beech for Christmastide
With new-cut holly laid beside;
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for years 'tis stored away;
Birch and fir-wood burn too fast
Blaze too bright and do not last;
Flames from larch will shoot up high,
Dangerously the sparks will fly;
But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown
Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.
Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter's cold;
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke;
Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold;
It is by the Irish said;
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread,
Apple-wood will scent the room,
Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom;
But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry
A King may warm his slippers by.
Anon. |
Records (and photo sets)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
Fraxinus excelsior may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Fraxinus excelsior:
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is foodplant of |
Ptelobius vittatus - a beetle (Coleoptera) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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is foodplant of imago |
Psallus flavellus - a plantbug (Hemiptera: Miridae) |
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Nau, B.S., 1984 |
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is foodplant of imago |
Psallus lepidus - a plantbug (Hemiptera: Miridae) |
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Nau, B.S., 1984 |
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is associate of |
Platyrhinus resinosus - Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 [breeds in the fungus: Daldinia concentrica] |
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is associate of |
Abdera biflexuosa - a false darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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is associate of |
Anisoxya fuscula - a false darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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is associate of |
Phloiotrya vaudoueri - a false darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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is associate of |
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish Fly (Coleoptera: Meloidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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is associate of |
Corticeus bicolor - a darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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bark (under) |
under bark is associate of |
Paromalus flavicornis - a carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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branch (dead) |
dead branch may contain larva |
Tetrops starkii - Ash Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) |
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Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007b |
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branch (dead) |
dead branch is associate of |
Biphyllus lunatus - a biphyllid beetle (Coleoptera: Biphyllidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in fungus: Daldinia concentrica] |
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branch (moribund) |
moribund branch may contain larva |
Tetrops starkii - Ash Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) |
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Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007b |
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branch |
branch is parasitised by haustorium |
Viscum album - Mistletoe (Viscaceae) |
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Briggs, J., 1995 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Dryocoetinus alni - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Dryocoetinus villosus - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Hylastes opacus - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Hylesinus crenatus - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Hylesinus oleiperda - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Leperisinus orni - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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cambium |
cambium may contain larva |
Leperisinus varius - Ash Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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inflorescence |
inflorescence is galled by |
Aceria fraxinivora - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf (live) |
live leaf is parasitised by |
Phyllactinia fraxini - Ash Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) |
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Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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leaf (petiole) |
leaf (petiole) is galled by |
Prociphilus bumeliae - a jumping plantlouse (Homoptera: Psyllidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by |
Vasates epiphyllus |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by |
Vasates fraxini - a gall mite |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by larva |
Dasineura acrophila - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by larva |
Dasineura fraxinea - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by larva |
Dasineura fraxini - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is galled by |
Psyllopsis fraxini - a jumping plantlouse (Homoptera: Psyllidae) |
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
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leaf |
leaf is mined by larva |
Aulagromyza heringii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine, frequently widening at end and appearing blotch-like] |
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leaf |
leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva |
Macrophya punctumalbum - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) |
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Benson, R.B., 1952 |
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leaf |
leaf is grazed by larva |
Tomostethus nigritus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) |
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Benson, R.B., 1952 |
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leaf |
leaf may have puparium |
Aulagromyza heringii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 |
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root (dead) |
dead root may contain underground larva |
Stenocorus meridianus - Variable Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) |
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Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007a [3 years]
Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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stump (cambium and outer sapwood) (rotting) |
rotting stump (cambium and outer sapwood) may contain larva |
Rhagium mordax - Oak Longhorn, Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) |
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Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007a [2-3 years]
Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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wood (dead or rotten) |
dead or rotten wood may contain larva |
Dorcus parallelipipedus - Lesser Stag Beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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wood (dead or rotten) |
dead or rotten wood may contain larva |
Sinodendron cylindricum - Rhinoceros Beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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wood (decaying) |
decaying wood may contain larva |
Prionychus ater - a darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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wood |
wood may contain larva |
Platypus cylindrus - Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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wood |
wood may contain larva |
Limoniscus violaceus - Violet Click Beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) |
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Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
Fraxinus excelsior may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
References
| Benson, R.B., 1952 |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b) |
| Briggs, J., 1995 |
Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey |
| Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations |
| Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007 |
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1 |
| Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007 |
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2 |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Ing, B., 1990 |
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews |
| Nau, B.S., 1984 |
Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus |
| Spencer, K.A., 1972 |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
| Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls |
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