Tree
Bark |
Leaf |
Flowers |
Fruit |
|
Bark |
Leaf |
|
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: <30 m, Age: <200 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite/Monoecious/Dioecious, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 25.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoid Glycosides |
Excelside, Excelsioside, Ligstroside,
Nuzhenide, Oleoside, Oleuropein | ||||
| Coumarins | Fraxetin, Fraxin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Salidroside, Tannins | ||||
| Acids | Malic | ||||
| Polyols | Mannitol | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Beech Forest | ||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Mycorrhizae: |
Hebeloma sordescens |
Entoloma politum |
Inocybe godeyi |
Lactarius flavidus |
| Parasites: |
Venturia fraxini |
Apiognomonia errabunda |
Bjerkandera fumosa |
Sarcodontia spumea |
Aurantiporus fissilis |
Cerrena unicolor |
Inonotus cuticularis |
Inonotus hispidus | |
Prays ruficeps Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Gracillaria syringella | |||
| Herbivores: |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae Larvae |
Many Tortricidae |
Callimorpha dominula |
Lymantria monacha Larva |
Cossus cossus |
Poecilocampa populi |
Many Tenthredinidae | |
Agrilus cyanescens |
Clytra laeviuscula |
Polydrusus marginatus | ||
| Sapivores: |
Many Miridae |
Aphis fabae |
Prociphilus bumeliae |
Empoasca vitis |
Fagocyba cruenta |
Palomena prasina |
Pentatoma rufipes |
Pulvinaria hydrangeae | |
Cixius nervosus |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
Thrips fuscipennis | ||
| Xylophages: |
Hylesinus fraxini Larva (Wood Borer) |
Otiorhynchus coecus Larva |
Dinoptera collaris Larva |
Denticollis linearis Larva |
Chyliza leptogaster Larva | ||||
| Granivores: |
Clethrionomys glareolus |
Several Miridae |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | |
| Bark Inhabitants: |
Physconia grisea |
Chrysothrix candelaris |
Varicellaria hemisphaerica |
Rhypholophus varius Larva |
| Wood Decomposers: |
Marasmius cohaerens |
Mycena arcangeliana |
Coprinellus domesticus |
Psathyrella leucotephra |
Crepidotus mollis |
Scytinostroma portentosum |
Heteroradulum deglubens |
Myxarium nucleatum | |
Tremella mesenterica |
Skeletocutis nivea |
Trametes ochracea |
Bjerkandera fumosa | |
Cyanosporus subcaesia |
Lonchaea contigua Larva |
Lonchaea fraxina Larva |
Angiosperm Generalists | |
| Leaf Decomposers: |
Marasmius cohaerens |
Lepista irina |
Venturia fraxini |
Angiosperm Generalists |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Ash
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