Narrow-leaved Ash - Fraxinus angustifolia

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Alternative names
Fraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywood’
Description

Medium to large sized tree. Leaves pinnate, with dark green lanceolate leaflets turning red-purple in autumn.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Often planted on roadside verges, and in parks and gardens.

When to see it

It is in flower from Apr to May.

Life History

Deciduous tree.

UK Status

Little recorded in Britain. 

VC55 Status

Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.

  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    feathery foliage turning purple
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Playing Field
    14 September 2018
    finely toothed elongate leaves
  • Graham Calow
    Leire, Playing Field Car Park
    31 August 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Playing Field
    14 September 2018
  • Graham Calow
    Leire, Playing Field Car Park
    31 August 2020
  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    dark brown buds
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester Victoria Park
    02 July 2020
  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    6m high rounded crown
  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    avenue of trees
  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    foliage
  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    long toothed leaves

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Narrow-leaved Ash
Species group:
flowering plant
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Oleaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
10
First record:
03/10/2017 (Mathers, Steve)
Last record:
17/10/2022 (Bell, Melinda)

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  • Steve Mathers
    Granite Way, Mountsorrel
    03 October 2017
    finely toothed elongate leaves
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Playing Field
    14 September 2018
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester Victoria Park
    02 July 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester Victoria Park
    02 July 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Leire, Playing Field Car Park
    31 August 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester Riverside Walk
    06 November 2019
  • Graham Calow
    Near Leire Playing Field Car Park
    11 October 2018
  • Graham Calow
    Leire, Playing Field Car Park
    31 August 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester Riverside Walk
    06 November 2019
  • Melinda Bell
    Moira YHA
    17 October 2022