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Fraxinus griffithii

Planted tree, Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted tree in fruit, Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted tree in flower, Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Seedlings in gravel beside west-facing wall; Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/02/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Seedlings (with pinnate leaves) in cracks of steps; Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/02/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Very small seedlings in cracks of concrete steps; Wicksteed St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/02/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Himalayan ash

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Small slender tree with evergreen pinnate leaves and white flowers

Flower colours

Cream, White

Distribution

Occasionally planted in NZ; seedlings first found naturalising (Whanganui) 5 Feb. 2018

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Fraxinus

Family

Oleaceae

Authority

Fraxinus griffithii C.B. Clarke

Endemic family

Ecology

Fruiting

One-seeded winged fruits (samaras)

Year naturalised

2018

Origin

Asia

Life cycle and dispersal

Wind dispersal of seed

Other information

Etymology

fraxinus: From the Latin name for ash, possibly derived from the Greek phrasso ‘to fence’, the timber being very useful for fence making.

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