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|familia=Oleaceae
|familia=Oleaceae
|genus=Fraxinus
|genus=Fraxinus
|species=velutina
|species=velutina
|common_name=Arizona ash, Desert ash, Velvet ash
|common_name=Arizona ash, Desert ash, Velvet ash
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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'''''Fraxinus velutina''''' ('''Velvet Ash''' or '''Arizona Ash''' or '''Modesto Ash''') is a species of ''[[Fraxinus]]'' native to southwestern [[North America]], in the [[United States]] from southern [[California]] east to [[Texas]], and in [[Mexico]] from northern [[Baja California]] east to [[Coahuila]] and [[Nuevo León]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?319 ''Fraxinus velutina'']</ref>
It is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 10 m tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is rough gray-brown and fissured, and the shoots are velvety-downy. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10–25 cm long, pinnately compound with five or seven (occasionally three) leaflets 4 cm or more long, with an entire or finely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are produced in small clusters in early spring; it is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[samara (fruit)|samara]] 1.5-3 cm long, with an apical wing 4–8 mm broad.<ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Fraxinus+velutina ''Fraxinus velutina'']</ref><ref name=seinet>Southwest Environmental Information Network: [http://seinet.asu.edu/seinet/symbiota/sonora/taxa/taxaprofile.php?taxon=Fraxinus%20velutina ''Fraxinus velutina'']</ref>
It is closely related to ''[[Fraxinus latifolia]]'' (Oregon Ash) and ''[[Fraxinus pennsylvanica]]'' (Green Ash), replacing these species to the south of their respective ranges; it intergrades with ''F. latifolia'' in central California (around [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], without a clear boundary between the species.<ref name=griffin>Griffin, J. R., & Critchfield, W. B. (1976). ''The Distribution of Forest Trees of California''. U.S. Forest Service Research Paper PSW-82.</ref>
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Fraxinus velutina, Torr. (F. pistaciaefolia, Torr.). Tree, to 40 ft., with velvety pubescent, rarely glabrous branches: lfts. 5-9, sometimes reduced to 3 or even 1, short- stalked, oblong to lanceolate, usually acuminate, narrowly cuneate at the base, entire or remotely serrate, yellowish green, firm and thick at maturity, pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath, 2-4 in. long: fr. spatulate, with marginless body. Texas to Ariz, and New Mex.—F. Toumeyi, Brit., with narrower more distinctly stalked lfts., is probably only a variety of this species.— Particularly recommendable for saline and alkaline soil, where but few trees will grow; not hardy N.
Fraxinus velutina, Torr. (F. pistaciaefolia, Torr.). Tree, to 40 ft., with velvety pubescent, rarely glabrous branches: lfts. 5-9, sometimes reduced to 3 or even 1, short- stalked, oblong to lanceolate, usually acuminate, narrowly cuneate at the base, entire or remotely serrate, yellowish green, firm and thick at maturity, pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath, 2-4 in. long: fr. spatulate, with marginless body. Texas to Ariz, and New Mex. S.S.6:267. G.F.8:15. —F. Toumeyi, Brit., with narrower more distinctly stalked lfts., is probably only a variety of this species. M.D.G. 1913:556; also S.S. 6:267 represents this variety.— Particularly recommendable for saline and alkaline soil, where but few trees will grow; not hardy N.
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