Fraxinus

Audiences are invited to grow their own by taking away a sample lucky seed bag containing "Snailhouse + Carpinus Betulus" or "Goethe's Summerhouse + Fraxinus Exelsior".

This week's new exhibitions 2011

For example, sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica L.), and red maple (Acer rubrum L.) are more tolerant of sites that are compacted, poorly drained, or have minesoils primarily derived from siltstones or shales.

Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions through minesoil reclamation 2009

Fraxinus excelsior captures the majestic essence of the tree very well.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Fraxinus excelsior captures the majestic essence of the tree very well.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Principal forest species include Scots pine Pinus silvestris, Norway spruce Picea abies, hornbeam Carpinus betulus, little-leaved lime Tilia cordata, oak Quercus robur, sycamore Acer platanoides, maple Acer spp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, downy and white birch Betula pubescens and B. verrucosa, aspen Populus tremula and black alder Alnus glutinosa.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus 2009

The Thyrrenian mixed oak forests are characterized by the predominance of mixed sclerophyllous evergreen oak (Quercus ilex, Q. suber) and deciduous (Quercus pubescens, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia) species.

Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008

Together with several other shrub and tree species (Tamarix canariensis, T. africana, Salix alba, Alnus glutinosa, Populus alba, P. Nigra, Fraxinus angustifolia, Ulmus minor), this assemblage typifies small riparian woodlands and is well adapted to periodical flooding.

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

Mixed deciduous oak forests of Quercus robur, Q. cerris, Carpinus betulus, Ulmus minor, and Fraxinus ornus once occurred throughout the ecoregion.

Po Basin mixed forests 2008

This temperate deciduous oak-hickory forest is dominated by oaks including white, black and chestnut oaks, Quercus alba, Q. velutina, Q. prinus and hickories including pignut and mockernut, Carya glabra and C. tomentosa with some beech Fagus sp., maples Acer spp., tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera, ash Fraxinus sp. and eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana.

Mammoth Cave National Park, United States 2008

Many relict species from the Tertiary Period are still present, including Pinus koraiensis, Taxus cuspidats*, Picea ajanensis, Quercus mongolica, Fraxinus mandshurica, Onoclea sensibilis and Osmunda asiatica.

Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008