Fraxinus excelsior, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 54

3. F. excelsior L. , Sp. Pl. 1057 (1753).

Tree up to 40 m, with grey bark, at first smooth but rough and finally fissured on old trunks; twigs and petioles glabrous to densely pubescent; buds black. Leaflets 7—13(—15) (rarely reduced to a large terminal one, var. diversifolia Aiton ), (30-)50-110 x 10-30(-40) mm, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, tapering to a rounded base, sessile, usually crenate-serrulate (the serrations more numerous than the lateral veins), villous on the midrib and towards the base beneath; rhachis subglabrous to pubescent. Calyx and corolla absent; anthers dark purple. Samara (20-)25- 50 x (5—)7—10 mm, the wing oblong-obcordate to lanceolate. 2» = 46. Most ofEurope, except the northern, southern and eastern margins. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E) Su?Tu.