About Fraxinus albicans Buckley
Fraxinus albicans Buckley, commonly known as Texas ash, is a small deciduous tree. It reaches a maximum height of 10 m, with a trunk that can grow up to 30 cm in diameter. Its leaves are 13–21 cm long, and are pinnately compound, typically bearing five rounded leaflets that measure 3–7.5 cm long and 2–5 cm wide. It produces small clusters of purple flowers in early spring. Like all ash trees, and like other species in the genus Fraxinus section Melioides, this species is dioecious: male and female flowers grow on separate individual trees. Its fruit is a 1.5–3 cm long samara that bears an apical wing. This tree is long-lived and drought tolerant.
