Fraxinus profunda Britton
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Oleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tree to 40 m; bark ridged-reticulate as in no. 1 [Fraxinus americana L.]; twigs hairy; lfls 5–9, usually 7, lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, long-acuminate, entire or nearly so, hairy beneath, broadly acute to rounded and often inequilateral, on conspicuous wingless petiolules 8–15 mm; fr linear-oblong to spatulate, 4–7.5 (avg 5.5) cm × 7–12 (avg. 9) mm, the wing extending at least to the middle of the terete body (this mostly more than 2 mm wide); cal subtending the fr 3–4 mm, or short as in no. 2; 2n=138. Swamps and wet woods; irregularly from s. N.J. to Fla. and w. to O., Ind., Ill., Mo., and La. (F. michauxii; F. tomentosa, an illegitimate name)
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Common Names
pumpkin ash