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Downy ash ( Fraxinus lanuginosa ) |
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The woolly ash ( Fraxinus lanuginosa ) is a deciduous tree from the genus of ash in the olive family . Their natural range is Japan and South Korea.
description
The woolly ash is a deciduous tree that reaches a height of 5 to 10 meters. In culture, the species usually grows as a shrub . The twigs are gray-yellow, glabrous or hairy. The terminal buds are brown and always longer than wide. The leaves are 10 to 15 centimeters long, composed and consist of five to seven sedentary or almost sedentary leaflets . The leaflets are bald or hairy on both sides, 5 to 8 inches long, oval to elliptical, pointed with a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base. The leaf margin is clearly serrated. The flowers are hermaphroditic or unisexual. They are in terminal panicles . Petals are present. The flowers appear with the leaves from April to May. The fruits are 2 to 3 centimeters long, winged nuts with an elliptical cross-section , the wing edges of which run down more or less to the middle.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area of the woolly ash is in South Korea and Japan. There it thrives in cool, moist forests on well-drained, fresh to moist, acidic to neutral, sandy or gritty-humic, moderately nutrient-rich soils in sunny to light-shaded locations. It is sensitive to frost and to high levels of lime in the soil.
Systematics
The woolly ash ( Fraxinus lanuginosa ) is a species from the genus of the ash ( Fraxinus ) from the family of the olive plants (Oleaceae). It is assigned to the Ornus section .
proof
literature
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 308.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , p. 308
- ↑ Fraxinus lanuginosa. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed December 28, 2010 .
