Fraxinus excelsior

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Fraxinus excelsior
Foliage an immature fruit
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Faimily: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Species: F. excelsior
Binomial name
Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus excelsior

Fraxinus excelsior — kent as the esh, or European esh or common esh tae distinguish it frae ether types o esh — is a species o Fraxinus native tae maist o Europe wi the exception o northren Scandinavie an soothren Iberie, an also soothwestren Asie frae northren Turkey east tae the Caucasus an Alborz muntains. The northrenmaist location is in the Trondheimsfjord region o Norawa.[1][2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
  2. Den virtuella floran: Fraxinus excelsior distribution