About
Find Nurseries
Design & Inspiration
California Garden Planner
Bay Area Garden Planner (NEW)
Planting Guide
Butterflies
My Plant Lists
Contact Us
Sign In
Donate
Advanced Search
Contact Us
Sign In
Donate
Home
Advanced Search
Map Locator
View Settings
Nurseries Carrying this Plant
Add Current Plant To List
Edit Current Plant
Show all Photos
About Calscape
Nurseries
California Garden Planner
Bay Area Garden Planner (NEW)
Planting Guide
Butterflies
My Plant Lists
Contact Calscape
Donate
Tap map to see plants native to location
Print Plant Signs
Print Plant Labels
Export To Excel
Export To Excel (Detailed)
Order by Popularity
Order by Common Name
Order by Scientific Name
Order by # of Butterflies Hosted
Show nursery cultivars
Hide nursery cultivars
Show plants not in nurseries
Hide plants not in nurseries
Grid view
Text view
Home
>
All plants
for California
>
Fraxinus velutina
|
Previous
Next
Loading....
Processing the request......
Velvet Ash
( Fraxinus velutina )
Fraxinus velutina
More Photos at CalPhotos
More Info at Jepson eFlora
Calflora
Click on blue squares to see occurrence records.
<< Plant species
Zoom To My Address
Zoom To California
Estimated Plant Range (
?
)
occurrences >>
All Occurrence Records
18 Nurseries Carry This Plant
Add to My Plant List
About Velvet Ash (Fraxinus velutina)
18 Nurseries Carry This Plant
Add to My Plant List
Fraxinus velutina
(Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America, in the United States from southern California east to Texas, and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila and Nuevo Len. It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 meter tall, with a trunk up to 30 centimeter diameter. The bark is rough gray-brown and fissured, and the shoots are velvety-downy. The leaves are 10-25 centimeter long, pinnately compound with five or seven (occasionally three) leaflets 4 centimeter or more long, with an entire or finely serrated margin. The flowers are produced in small clusters in early spring; it is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is a samara 1.5-3 centimeter long, with an apical wing 4-8 millimeter broad.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Tree
Size
30 - 40 ft tall
Form
Upright
Growth Rate
Moderate
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous
Flower Color
Yellow, Green
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
confirmed
, 30
likely
* )
SHOW ALL
Great Ash Sphinx
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx chersis
Fall Webworm
Hyphantria cunea
Hyphantria cunea
*
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus
Papilio rutulus
*
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Nymphalis antiopa
*
Two-Tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
Papilio multicaudata
*
Polyphemus moth
Antheraea polyphemus
Antheraea polyphemus
*
Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth
Orthosia hibisci
Orthosia hibisci
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Low, Moderate - High
Nurseries
Carried by 18
Soil Drainage
Fast
Soil Description
Prefers sandy or granular soil of desert riparian areas
Common uses
Bank Stabilization, Bird Gardens
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: 3 mos. stratification.
Sunset Zones
?
1, 2*, 3*, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11*, 12, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
Slopes and streambanks
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.2" - 61.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 3.36", Coldest Month: 33.4" - 57.6", Hottest Month: 58.2" - 86.2", Humidity: 0.82" - 37.09", Elevation: 7" - 6785"
Print Plant Sign
Print Plant Label
Edit
Back
Print
Back
Print
Velvet Ash
Fraxinus velutina
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
Sign in to your Calscape Account
X
Once signed in, you'll be able to access any previously saved plant lists or create new ones.
Email Address
Password
Sign In