Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green Ash, Red Ash at Jerrabomberra, ACT

Fraxinus pennsylvanica at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Jun 2016
Fraxinus pennsylvanica at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Jun 2016
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Unidentified 15 Jun 2016 Mike

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Growing in rock.

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Mike wrote:
   16 Jun 2016
I hope someone can recognise it from the seed.
Samara is oar shaped 30mm by 8mm. Seed is narrow and less than 15mm.
Mike wrote:
   16 Jun 2016
PlantNet describes Fraxinus pennsylvanica with 'Fruits also in clusters, the fruit a samara comprising a single seed 1.5–3 cm long with an elongated apical wing 2–4 cm long and 3–7 mm broad, resembling a paddle with a rounded or pointed blade, wing extending alongside the seed halfway or more to the base' and says In 2006 found naturalised from old plantings on the bank of Jerrabomberra Creek, Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick, A.C.T.

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