Ashes

Fraxinus spp.

• Height: up to 30 m, exceptions up to 40 m
• Trunk: Bark grey to olive-green when young, finely and shallowly furrowed when mature
• Leaves: opposite, imparipinnate leaves, with oval-lanceolate leaflets
• Buds: depending on the species, large, grey to black buds, with felt-like hairs
• Fruits/Seeds: winged nuts, hanging in clusters
• Other: Common disease is ash dieback, recognizable by dying branches, starting in the crown

^{Photos: Grete Haag (1), Sonja Kreil (2), Wolfgang Schödel (3), BUND Naturschutz in Bayern (4)}