Basisdaten
description:
The Texas ash is listed as species of American ash (Fraxinus americana var texensis). It only occurs in Texas and is similar to the American Ash very much.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Fraxinus texensis
other name:
Mountain Ash
family:
Olive family (Oleaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
about 10 m (33 ft) (33 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Texas ash are green, odd pinnate with 5-7 roundish leaflets and up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. The leaf margin is serrated.
leaf shape:
imparipinnate
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
opposite
fall foliage:
orange - rot
flowering:
April - May
blossom color:
green-violet
blossom description:
The flower is inconspicuous, purple and appear just before the leaf shoots.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
Paired samaras.
branches:
The twigs are greenish and with lenticels. The buds are light brown.
bark:
The bark is smooth and gray first, later cracked up furrowed.
root:
Shallow-rooting plant
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
undemanding
ph value:
acidic to alkaline (kalkliebend)
usage:
single tree, planting in groups
