Desert Ash

Fraxinus angustifolia

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Botanical name
Fraxinus angustifolia
Also known as
Desert Ash, Narrow-Leaf Ash, Narrow-Leafed Ash, Narrow-Leaved Ash
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Fraxinus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Desert Ash

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Fraxinus angustifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Fraxinus excelsior prol. angustifolia Fraxinus excelsior subsp. angustifolia Fraxinus excelsior var. angustifolia Fraxinus excelsior var. parvifolia Fraxinus oxycarpa var. angustifolia Fraxinus oxyphylla subsp. angustifolia

Others in Fraxinus

Fraxinus excelsior
Common Ash
Fraxinus × cataubiensis
Fraxinus × hybrida
Fraxinus × rehderiana
Fraxinus albicans
Texas Ash
Fraxinus americana
American Ash
Fraxinus × borzae
Fraxinus × veltheimii

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