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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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PLANTAE (plants) |
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SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
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EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
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LAMIALES (dead-nettles and speedwells) |
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OLEACEAE (olive family) |
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Fraxinus (ashes) |
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Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) |
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Fraxinus excelsior is also a member of: |
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Trees with bark of middle pH (via Fraxinus) |
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Trees (via Trees with bark of middle pH) |
| Broadleaved trees |
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Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Oleaceae) |
| Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs |
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Broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs) |
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Broadleaved trees, shrubs and climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs) |
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Trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs) |
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Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants (via Broadleaved trees) |
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Macrophytes (via Spermatophyta) |
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. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
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| Fraxinus excelsior | Trees in landscape | 9 | 9 | 18 Jun 2010 | Mid-west Yorkshire | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Snow-covered trees | 7 | 7 | 7 Jan 2010 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Winter twigs | 5 | 5 | 31 Jan 1998 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Leaves and buds | 5 | 5 | 2 Oct 1997 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Winter twigs | 4 | 4 | 31 Jan 1998 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Tree in landscape | 3 | 3 | 3 Jul 2005 | Brecon | Wales | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Seedlings | 3 | 3 | 29 Apr 2002 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Bursting buds and developing fruit | 3 | 3 | 6 May 2000 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior? | Snow-covered tree | 2 | 2 | 7 Jan 2010 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Male flowers | 2 | 2 | 22 Mar 1998 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Female flowers | 2 | 2 | 22 Mar 1998 | Berks | England | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Male catkins | 1 | 1 | 12 Apr 1969 | East Sussex | England |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Scannell, M.J.P., 2007 | Is Fraxinus angustifolia naturalised in Britain? |
Fraxinus excelsior may also be covered by literature listed under:
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 81 feeding and other relationships of Fraxinus excelsior (Ash)
