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European ash
European ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Plantae
NEAR THREATENED

Stats

Lifespan
200-400 yrs
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Europe and Western Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Near Threatened

About

This tall flowering tree grows in forests across Europe and the Caucasus mountains. Its winged seeds spin like helicopter blades to travel up to one hundred meters in the wind.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Fraxinus
Species
Fraxinus excelsior