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Oleaceae
Fraxinus

not marked as a favorite taxon Fraxinus caroliniana P. Miller. Common name: Water Ash, Pop Ash, Carolina Ash. Phenology: May; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Deeply to shallowly flooded swamps, both alluvial and tidal. Distribution: Se. MD south to n. FL, west to TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: J.J.N. Campbell (pers. comm., 2020) suggests recognizing a varietal entity in the Apalachicola region of Panhandle FL, with smaller leaves and leaflets, proportionally broader samaras, and mature at shrub size.

Other Comments: A small tree, sometimes very abundant (and nearly the only subcanopy species) as the understory in Taxodium-Nyssa swamps. Reported for se. MD by Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp (2016).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, G, K1, RAB, Tx, Va, Hardin & Beckmann (1982), Hardin (1974), Miller (1955), Nesom (2010i); = Fraxinus caroliniana var. caroliniana – Ward (2010a); < Fraxinus caroliniana – GW2, K3, K4, S, WH3; > Fraxinus caroliniana var. caroliniana – F; > Fraxinus caroliniana var. cubensis – F, misapplied; > Fraxinus caroliniana var. oblanceolata – F.

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image #1 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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image #8 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Fraxinus caroliniana© theo_witsell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by theo_witsell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #12 of Fraxinus caroliniana© theo_witsell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by theo_witsell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Alan Cressler: Fraxinus caroliniana, Pop Ash Pond, Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Lee County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Fraxinus caroliniana© Alan Cressler: Fraxinus caroliniana Swamp, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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native range: southeastern United States