Taxon: Fraxinus velutina Torr.

Common names:

• Arizon ash   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• desert ash   (Source: Phytoneuron 2010-34) – English
  
• velvet ash   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• Arizona-Esche   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• fresno   (Source: Phytoneuron 2010-34) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Nayarit

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. [= F. pennsylvanica subsp. velutina (Torr.) G. N. Mill.].
• Miller, G. N. 1955. The genus Fraxinus, the ashes, in North America, north of Mexico. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 335:40. [= F. pennsylvanica subsp. velutina (Torr.) G. N. Mill.].
• Nesom, G. L. 2010. Taxonomic notes on Fraxinus berlandieriana and F. velutina (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010–34:1–8.
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
• Wallander, E. 2008. Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273:28.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Fraxinus velutina.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Fraxinus velutina.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Fraxinus velutina.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. velutina G. N. Mill.
  

Check other web resources for Fraxinus velutina Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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