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Oleaceae
Ash Tree Flower
Fraxinus excelsior
World connection.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
- Native to
- Europe, Western Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 50-80 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, fertile soil
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-7
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- In Norse mythology, the great ash tree Yggdrasil connects the nine worlds and is the center of the cosmos.
- Ash flowers appear before the leaves in early spring as dense clusters of tiny purple blooms without petals.
- The wood is prized for tool handles, baseball bats, and furniture due to its exceptional strength and flexibility.
- Ash dieback disease, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, threatens to kill most ash trees in Europe.
- Individual ash trees can be male, female, or hermaphrodite, and may even change sex from year to year.
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