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|familia=Oleaceae
|familia=Oleaceae
|genus=Fraxinus
|genus=Fraxinus
|species=angustifolia
|species=angustifolia
|common_name=Fraxinus angustifolia, Narrow-leafed Ash
|common_name=Fraxinus angustifolia, Narrow-leafed Ash
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
|image=Fraxinus angustifolia foliage.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Foliage of subsp. ''oxycarpa''
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'''''Fraxinus angustifolia''''' ('''Narrow-leafed Ash''') is a species of ''[[Fraxinus]]'' native to central and southern [[Europe]], northwest [[Africa]], and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Fraxinus&SPECIES_XREF=angustifolia&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Fraxinus angustifolia'']</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref>
It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20-30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The [[bark]] is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees. The [[bud]]s are pale brown, which readily distinguishes it from the related ''[[Fraxinus excelsior]]'' (black buds) even in winter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are in opposite pairs or whorls of three, pinnate, 15-25 cm long, with 3-13 leaflets; the leaflets being distinctively slender, 3-8 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in [[inflorescence]]s which can be male, hermaphrodite or mixed male and hermaphrodite. The male and hermaphrodite flowers occur on all individuals, i.e. all trees are functionally hermaphrodite. Flowering occurs in early spring. The [[fruit]] when fully formed is a [[samara (fruit)|samara]] 3-4 cm long, the seed 1.5-2 cm long with a pale brown wing 1.5-2 cm long.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm>Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6</ref><ref name=afm1>Mitchell, A. F. (1982). ''The Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-219037-0</ref><ref name=bean2>Bean, W. J. (1978). ''Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles'' 8th ed., vol. 2. John Murray ISBN 0-7195-2256-0.</ref>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
There are four [[subspecies]], treated as distinct species by some authors:<ref name=fe/><ref name=rushforth/>
*'''''Fraxinus angustifolia'' subsp. ''angustifolia'''''. Western Europe north to France, northwest Africa. Leaves with 7–13 leaflets; leaflets hairless beneath.
*'''''Fraxinus angustifolia'' subsp. ''oxycarpa''''' (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) Franco & Rocha Afonso (syn. ''F. oxycarpa'' M.Bieb. ex Willd.). '''Caucasian Ash'''. Eastern Europe north to the Czech Republic, southwest Asia east to northern Iran. Leaves with 3–9 leaflets; leaflets with white hairs on the lower half of the midribs.
*'''''Fraxinus angustifolia'' subsp. ''syriaca''''' Middle East and West Asia.
*'''''Fraxinus angustifolia'' subsp. ''danubialis''''' (described by Zdeněk Pouzar) Middle Europe.
The [[cultivar]] [[Claret Ash|'Raywood']], derived from subsp. ''oxycarpa'', is very commonly planted as an [[ornamental tree]] in temperate regions; it has notable autumn colour, but has the major drawback of very brittle branches.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:NarrowleafAsh.jpg|Leaves of subsp. ''oxycarpa''
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Fraxinus angustifolia broken trunk1.jpg|Specimen of 'Raywood', typically showing several broken branches
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Fraxinus angustifolia subsp angustifolia.jpg|Young spring leaves of subsp. ''angustifolia'' which is known as Desert Ash in Australia is classed as a weed<ref>{{cite web | title = Desert ash | publisher = Weeds Australia | url = http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=E15 | accessdate = 2008-06-11 }}</ref>.
Image:New Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia leaves.jpg|New leaves of subsp. ''angustifolia''
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