High ash

The high ash or common ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ) is large a Arbre common Forêt S of Europe to Bois clearly hard and rubber band of the family of the Oléacées.

Common nouns

Large ash, ash with acute sheets, quinquina of Europe, language of bird;
in: ash tree, of: Esche; be: fresno, it: frassino.

Description

Large tree, up to 40 m and 1 m diameter, with trunk right to smooth bark and grisâtre, crevassant with the age. Sheets opposed, composed pennate carrying 7 to 15 toothed leaflets, color dark green. (There exists a variety “Monophylla” with whole sheets or, sometimes, 3 leaflets only). Final buds rather large, of pyramidal form, glabrous, of a velvety black. Naked flowers (without envelopes), unimportant, of color drawing on the red, they comprise only two cheesecloth S or a mark bifide. Inflorescence in Panicle. Generally separated sexes (plant Dioïque) but one finds individuals Hermaphrodite S. Floraison in April - May in the northern hemisphere. Fruits: Samare S flattened, indéhiscentes, provided with a lengthened membranous wing. Wood: enough hard, tough, elastic, color given luster to white, without sapwood distinct.

Characteristics

reproductive bodies:

Standard of inflorescence: racème of racèmes
distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
of pollination: anémogame
Period of flowering: April at May

seed:

Standard of fruit: Samare
Mode of dissemination: anémochore

Habitat and distribution:

standard Habitat: wood caducifoliés médioeuropéens
Surface of distribution: European, Europe and Occidental Asia (Iran, the Caucasus, Russia), at the disseminated state, not of dense settlements. Present in mountain to 1500 frequent Mr. Peu in Mediterranean zone.

given according to: Julve, pH., 1998 FF. - Baseflor. Botanical, ecological and chorologic index of the flora of France. Version: April 23rd, 2004.

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