Biology:Fraxinus dipetala

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Short description: Species of ash

Fraxinus dipetala
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Dipetalae
Species:
F. dipetala
Binomial name
Fraxinus dipetala
Hook. & Arn.
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Natural range

Fraxinus dipetala, the California ash or two-petal ash, is a species of ash native to southwestern North America in the United States in northwestern Arizona, California , southern Nevada, and Utah, and in Mexico in northern Baja California. It grows at altitudes of 100–1,300 m.[1][2][3]

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 7 m tall, with cylindric to four-angled stems. The leaves are 5–19 cm long, light to dark green, with three to seven (rarely nine) leaflets 1–7 cm long, thick, and serrated along the margins. The flowers have two white lobe-shaped petals 2.5–4 mm long, and are sweetly scented, hanging in fluffy clusters; unlike many ashes, they are bisexual, not dioecious. The fruit is a long, flat samara 2–3.2 cm long and 5–9 mm broad, green when immature and hanging in bunches.[2][4]

References

  1. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Fraxinus dipetala | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 21 January 2018 }}
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jepson Flora: Fraxinus dipetala
  3. Oldfield, S., Samain, M.-S., Martínez Salas, E. & Westwood, M. 2017. Fraxinus dipetala. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96443856A96443862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96443856A96443862.en. Accessed on 09 January 2023.
  4. Calphotos: Fraxinus dipetala photos

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