Basisdaten
description:
The Pumpkin ash is native to eastern North America. This ash is not very widespread.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Fraxinus profunda
family:
Olive family (Oleaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Pumpkin ash are glossy green, up to 40 cm (15.7 in) long, odd-pinnate with 5-9 leaflets. The single leaves are ovate and pointed. The leaf margin is serrated.
leaf shape:
imparipinnate
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
April - May
blossom color:
whitish-green
blossom description:
The whitish-green bloom conditions are formed as lateral panicles, which sprout just before the leaves.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
The paired samaras are about 8 cm (3.2 in) long.
branches:
The branches are gray-brown with distinct leaf scars. The buds are almost black.
bark:
The bark is gray to brown, smooth first later furrowed.
root:
Deep-rooting plant with far reaching shallow lateral roots, taproot is formed.
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
moist to very moist soils loving, loamy to clayey
usage:
moist meadows
