Botanical Name: Fraxinus velutina
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Common Name: Arizona or Velvet Ash  
Plant photo of: Fraxinus velutina
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40'

 

Flower Color

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Flower Season

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Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Grey

 

Fruit Color

Green

 

Fruit Season

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Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Modesto Jr. College
  • Description

  • Notes

Velvet Ash has a rounded rounded canopy that provides deep shade during the summer, but has an open winter shiloutte in the winter, allowing for winter light. It has glossy, bright green, finely serrated leaves that turn yellow and gold in the fall. The bark is grey and becomes furrowed with age. Grows to about 30 to 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide.