| Scientific Name: | Fraxinus angustifolia |
| Common Name: | narrow-leaved ash, Caucasian ash |
| Family Name: | Oleaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Leaflets stalked, Lanceolate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green-yellow, Dark-red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Samara, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tree oval crown; leaves opposite (may appear whorled at tips), pinnately compound, 15-25cm long; leaflets (5-)7-11(-13) per leaf, lanceolate, 4-7cm long x 1-1.5cm wide, glossy, olive-green, margins serrate; flowers purple, April-May; samara 3-4cm long with seed about half this length (absent on some clones). Winter ID: buds brown to dark purplish, ovoid, rounded, about 5mm long; leaf scar crescent to D-shaped. | |