Fraxinus excelsior
Appearance
Fraxinus excelsior | |
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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 — 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]- ↑ Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑ Den virtuella floran: Fraxinus excelsior distribution