Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia
Desert Ash at Watson, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Jan 2026 | |
| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia | abread111 | 29 Dec 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Mapped in FieldMaps Treated as a comment with a treated Sweet Briar - Desert Ash are present in Valour Park
3 comments
29 Dec 2025
Desert ash is listed in Field Maps so you can report it. Does anyone look at comments to find other species? They wouldn't be rolled up into statistics.
29 Dec 2025
Good point, I've edited the Field Maps Treated and included this photo link in the comments.
30 Dec 2025
thanks abread111 and Mike
I was puzzled about FM record because I never saw a Privet but heaps of young Desert Ash along with English Elm, firethorn, Sweet Briar, hawthorn, Blue gums... in and around the gully that runs parallel to Valour park. I worked 5 days with the Green Army, a couple of days with the jail gang, a couple of days with Jochen to remove the initial lot in the lower part of the gully. It was meter by meter hard work through the thickets and down the gully slopes ... dangerous too, because of all the barbed wire around the gully half buried and not visible; there are still concrete posts which we couldn't remove ... Also a lot of building rubble including bonded asbestos buried on the gully floor. it wasn't the nicest place to work. I did a lot of follow ups in the years following the initial massacre particularly on the suckering Elm. Of course, there should be a regular checks and follow-ups, perhaps every 2 years, to get the young plants spreading from Valour park. It should be a picnic compared to the initial work :-)
I was puzzled about FM record because I never saw a Privet but heaps of young Desert Ash along with English Elm, firethorn, Sweet Briar, hawthorn, Blue gums... in and around the gully that runs parallel to Valour park. I worked 5 days with the Green Army, a couple of days with the jail gang, a couple of days with Jochen to remove the initial lot in the lower part of the gully. It was meter by meter hard work through the thickets and down the gully slopes ... dangerous too, because of all the barbed wire around the gully half buried and not visible; there are still concrete posts which we couldn't remove ... Also a lot of building rubble including bonded asbestos buried on the gully floor. it wasn't the nicest place to work. I did a lot of follow ups in the years following the initial massacre particularly on the suckering Elm. Of course, there should be a regular checks and follow-ups, perhaps every 2 years, to get the young plants spreading from Valour park. It should be a picnic compared to the initial work :-)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171773-35.224187
- Altitude 644.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2025 11:51 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Collections
- abread111 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia Other Trees Plants
Species information
- Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia Scientific name
- Desert Ash Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- 562.33m to 781m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
-
In flower
JFMAMJJASOND
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species