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Taxon:  Fraxinus excelsior L.



Summary
Genus:
Fraxinus
Section:
Fraxinus
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
282
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1057. 1753
Verified:
03/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fraxinus excelsior L. f. aurea (Pers.) Schelle
Fraxinus excelsior L. f. aureopendula Rehder
Fraxinus excelsior L. f. diversifolia (Aiton) Lingelsh.
Fraxinus excelsior L. f. pendula (Aiton) Schelle
Fraxinus excelsior L. var. aurea Pers.
Fraxinus excelsior L. var. diversifolia Aiton
Fraxinus excelsior L. var. pendula Aiton
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
ash –
black ash –
European ash –
French
frêne commun –
German
gewöhnliche Esche –
Swedish
ask –
Transliterated Russian
jasen vysokij –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Syria
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Norway
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Materialswood Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=282. Accessed 2 August 2025.


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