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Fraxinus L.

Saarnet Ashes
Fraxinus, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Fraxinus, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Acanthobrahmaea europaea?, Acherontia atropos, Acronicta rumicis, Callimorpha dominula, Catocala fraxini, Ceratomia undulosa, Choreutis pariana, Citheronia regalis, Coleophora badiipennella, Dolbina krikkeni, Egira conspicillaris, Eupackardia calleta, Euzophera pinguis, Gastropacha (bombyx) populifolia, Malacosoma parallellum, Manduca jasminearum, Olceclostera angelica, Papaipema furcata, Papilio rutulus, Pericallia matronula, Phlyctaenia coronata, Phyllodesma japonicum, P. tremulifolium, Psaphida styracis, Psilogramma increta, P. menephron, Saturnia atlantica, S. pyri, Satyrium caryaevorus, S. w-album, Semioscopis steinkellneriana, Smerinthus jamaicensis, Sphinx chersis, S. franckii, S. gordius, S. kalmiae, Thaumetopoea solitaria, Tolype velleda, Urocerus gigas gigas?, Ussuriana stygiana

Fraxinus excelsior L.

Saarni Lehtosaarni Komea saarni Ash Ask
Fraxinus excelsior, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Fraxinus excelsior ; [RK, 338]; [SK, 460]

1305x979 (~190Kb) Finland, Saltvik, Ödkarby, 30.6.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Catocala fraxini, Chloroclysta siterata, Cossus cossus, Craniophora ligustri, Ennomos fuscantarius, Euphydryas maturna, Eupsilia transversa, Favonius quercus, Laeosopis roboris, Odontopera bidentata, Operophtera (geometra) brumata, Perizoma didymatum, Poecilocampa populi, Prays fraxinellus, Selenia lunularia, S. tetralunaria, Sphinx ligustri, Triphosa dubitata, Zelleria hepariella

Fraxinus americana L.

from (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia - Minnesota) - to (Florida - E.Texas). See [About maps] White Ash American Ash
Fraxinus americana ; [SK, 460 (note)]; [GMBOT, 650]; [IBT, 398]

Foodplant for Callosamia promethea, Euphydryas phaeton, Papilio canadensis, P. glaucus glaucus, Sphinx canadensis

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

from (Nova Scotia - Saskatchewan) - to (Florida - E.Texas). See [About maps] Green Ash Red Ash
Fraxinus pubescens Lam.
Fraxinus darlingtonii Britton; (incl.)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ; [GMBOT, 651]; [IBT, 401]

Foodplant for Cydia ingrata

F. p. var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg.

Green Ash
Fraxinus viridis Michx. f.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata ; [GMBOT, 651]

Foodplant for Papilio canadensis, P. glaucus glaucus, P. multicaudata

Foodplant as Fraxinus viridis for Papilio multicaudata

Fraxinus profunda Bush

New York - Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi Valley (Mississippi - S.Ohio, Indiana, Illinois). See [About maps] Pumpkin Ash
Fraxinus profunda ; [GMBOT, 651]; [IBT, 401]

F. p. var. ashei Palmer

Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.

SE.Virginia - to (Florida - E.Texas) - Arkansas. See [About maps] Carolina Ash Water Ash Swamp Ash Pop Ash
Fraxinus platycarpa Michx.
Fraxinus caroliniana ; [GMBOT, 651]; [IBT, 404]

Foodplant for Papilio glaucus glaucus

Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx.

from (S.Ontario, Michigan - Wisconsin, SE.Iowa) - to (West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, NE.Oklahoma). See [About maps] Blue Ash
Fraxinus quadrangulata ; [GMBOT, 651]; [IBT, 398]

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

from (Newfoundland - Manitoba) - Delaware, Virginia, Iowa. See [About maps] Black Ash Hoop Ash Basket Ash Brown Ash Swamp Ash
Fraxinus nigra ; [GMBOT, 651]; [IBT, 404]

Foodplant for Papilio glaucus glaucus

Fraxinus ornus L., 1753

S.Europe. See [About maps] Manna Ash

1600x1200 (~630Kb) France: Villefranche-sur-Mer, mont Leuse, Alpes-Maritimes, ± 500 m, 16.5.2004, Photo © Gabriel Alziar

2.2.2008 (10)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin, Fernald, Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[Gabriel Alziar]

Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle; 60 boulevard Risso; F-06300 Nice (France)

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[IBT]

Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela & Cajander, 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

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