Latin name: Fraxinus latifolia

Common name: Oregon Ash

Abbr: Fla

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Fraxinus

References : NCBI:txid56040

Introduction: A tree up to 80 ft high; young shoots reddish brown, rough with minute warts, more or less downy, sometimes densely so. Leaves 6 in. to over 1 ft long; leaflets five, seven or nine, oval or oblong, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad, tapered or sometimes rounded at the base, contracted at the apex to a short or slender point, margins entire or obscurely toothed, dark green and with thin down above, pale and densely downy beneath; main-stalk very pale, downy, grooved above; stalk of the terminal leaflets up to 1 in. long; lateral leaflets very shortly or not at all stalked. Flowers without petals, produced on the previous year’s shoots. Fruits 11⁄4 to 2 in. long, 1⁄3 in. wide towards the apex; wing extending almost to base of body.

Distribution: Native to western N. America.

Information sources: Trees and Shrubs Online