PLANTS Profile for Fraxinus caroliniana (Carolina ash)

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Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.
Carolina ash

Symbol:

FRCA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Oleaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

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Synonyms:
Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

	FRCAC4	Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. var. cubensis (Griseb.) Lingelsh.
	FRCAO3	Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. var. oblanceolata (M.A. Curtis) Fernald & B.G. Schub.
	FRPA8	Fraxinus pauciflora Nutt.

Distribution:
Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.


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Related Taxa:
Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

View 14 genera in Oleaceae, 22 species in Fraxinus

Classification:
Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Oleaceae – Olive family
Genus	Fraxinus L. – ash
Species	Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. – Carolina ash

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

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