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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 50-80 feet, infrequently to 125 feet.
Plant Spread: 30-50 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Other: Yellowish-green to green, turning bronze to reddish-purple in fall.
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: 2-3 inch long samara
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Shade Tree
Useful for timber production
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Pumpkin Ash

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Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2017-09-05
maturing tree in summer = Fraxinus tomentosa
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 17, 2017 5:32 PM concerning plant:
    Fraxinus profunda is the same species as Fraxinus tomentosa, the Pumpkin Ash. The latter name is used more and check it out by that name on this site.

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