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Fraxinus caroliniana Mill.
Water ash, Carolina ash, Pop ash

Fraxinus caroliniana
Copyright by: Susan Trammell

Family: Oleaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Fraxinus caroliniana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Fraxinus caroliniana has been found in the following 21 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve Present Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park Present Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Highland Oaks Park Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes Present Native
Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve Present Native
Nicodemus Slough Present Native
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve Present Native

Fraxinus caroliniana has been found in the following 8 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Glades County Native
Hendry County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Fraxinus caroliniana has been found in the following 5 habitats :
Alluvial Forest
Bayhead
Floodplain Swamp
Slough
Strand Swamp

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Fraxinus caroliniana
Copyright by: Susan Trammell
Fraxinus caroliniana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Fraxinus caroliniana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Fraxinus caroliniana
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley