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Narrow-leafed Ash

Fraxinus angustifolia

Also called Narrow Leaved Ash, Desert Ash, Narrow Leaf Ash, Algerian Ash, Claret Ash

Narrow-leafed Ash
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5

Narrow-leafed ash is a large deciduous tree native to southern and central Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia, grown mainly as a landscape or shade tree. It is a species, not a genus, and it needs room because it can reach 20 to 30 m tall.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells when young, then it is fairly drought tolerant once established.
Soil
Tolerates a wide range of soils, including alkaline and dry ones, as long as drainage is decent.
Temperature
Hardy to about -25 °C; tolerates hot summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & S. Europe to C. Israel and Pakistan, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Fraxinus angustifolia, the narrow-leaved ash, is a species of Fraxinus native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, Northwest Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Uses

In Sicily, it is cultivated as a source of a plant sap product called manna (see Fraxinus ornus).

Other Fraxinus plants

Texas Ash · White ash · Singleleaf ash · Fraxinus baroniana · Mexican ash · Northern Ash · Carolina ash · Jirisan Ash · Chinese ash · Fragrant ash · Wild Ash · California ash

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fraxinus angustifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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