Oleaceae
Carolina ash
Fraxinus caroliniana
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Carolina ash, Florida ash, Pop ash, Swamp ash, Water ash
Synonyms
- Calycomelia caroliniana (Mill.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia caroliniana (Mill.) Kostel.
- Calycomelia pallida (Bosc) Kostel.
- Calycomelia platycarpa (Michx.) Kostel.
- Fraxinus americana var. caroliniana (Mill.) D.J.Browne
- Fraxinus americana var. triptera (Nutt.) D.J.Browne
- Fraxinus caroliniana f. caroliniana
- Fraxinus caroliniana f. hypomalaca Fernald
- Fraxinus caroliniana f. lasiophylla Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Fraxinus caroliniana f. pubescens (M.A.Curtis) Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Fraxinus caroliniana subsp. cubensis (Griseb.) Borhidi
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. caroliniana
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. cubensis (Griseb.) Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. oblaceolata (M.A.Curtis) Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. pauciflora (Nutt.) D.B.Ward
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. platycarpa (Michx.) Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus caroliniana var. pubescens (M.A.Curtis) Fernald
- Fraxinus cordata Raf.
- Fraxinus cubensis Griseb.
- Fraxinus curvidens Hoffmanns.
- Fraxinus floridana (Wenz.) Sarg.
- Fraxinus nigra subsp. caroliniana (Mill.) Wesm.
- Fraxinus nigrescens Buckley
- Fraxinus nuttallii Buckley
- Fraxinus pallida Bosc
- Fraxinus palustris Raf.
- Fraxinus pauciflora Nutt.
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. cubensis (Griseb.) A.E.Murray
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. cubensis (Griseb.) A.E.Murray
- Fraxinus platicarpa var. oblanceolata M.A.Curtis
- Fraxinus platicarpa var. pubescens M.A.Curtis
- Fraxinus platycarpa Michx.
- Fraxinus platycarpa var. floridana Wenz.
- Fraxinus platycarpa var. oblanceolata M.A.Curtis
- Fraxinus platycarpa var. pubescens M.A.Curtis
- Fraxinus platycarpa var. triptera (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
- Fraxinus pleurodes Raf.
- Fraxinus triptera Nutt.
- Leptalix caroliniana (Mill.) Raf.
- Leptalix cordata Raf.
and 5 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: homeredwardprice on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.