Velvet ash

Fraxinus velutina, the velvet ash, Arizona ash or Modesto ash, is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America, in the United States from southern California east to Texas, and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila and Nuevo León.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Velvet ash being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Fraxinus berlandieriana
• Fraxinus dipetala
• Fraxinus cuspidata
• Fraxinus uhdei
• Fraxinus sogdiana
• Fraxinus angustifolia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Fraxinus

Species

Fraxinus velutina

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