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|familia=Oleaceae
|familia=Oleaceae
|genus=Fraxinus
|genus=Fraxinus
|species=latifolia
|species=latifolia
|common_name=Oregon ash
|common_name=Oregon ash
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=10
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|image=Upload.png
|image=Fraxinus latifolia JPG1A.jpg
|image_width=240
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'''''Fraxinus latifolia''''' ('''Oregon ash''') is a member of the ash genus ''[[Fraxinus]]'', native to western [[North America]] on the west side of the [[Cascade Range]] from southwestern [[British Columbia]] south through western [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] and western [[Oregon]] to central [[California]].<ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Fraxinus+latifolia ''Fraxinus latifolia'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora Project: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Fraxinus+latifolia ''Fraxinus latifolia'']</ref><ref name=usfs>USDA Forest Service Silvics Manual: [http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/fraxinus/latifolia.htm ''Fraxinus latifolia'']</ref>
It can grow to 25 meters in height, with a trunk diameter of 30-80cm. The compound [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, 12-33 cm long, with 5-9 leaflets, each leaflet ovate, 6-12 cm long and 3-4 cm broad, and often show signs of disease and brown rot, even on otherwise healthy plants. The [[fruit]] is a [[Samara (fruit)|samara]], 3-5 cm long including the wing.<ref name=bc/><ref name=jeps/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
The Oregon ash prefers damp, loose soils, and grows from sea level to 900 meters in elevation, up to 1700 m in the south of the range in California. In central southern California, it intergrades with ''[[Fraxinus velutina]]'' (velvet ash) of southern California east into [[Arizona]].<ref name=bc/><ref name=jeps/>
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Fraxinus latifolia JPG1Fe.jpg|Leaves of the Oregon ash
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