Editing Fraxinus excelsior (section)

{{Short description|Species of deciduous tree}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{speciesbox
| name = European ash
| image = Fraxinus excelsior.jpg
| image_caption = Foliage and immature fruit
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="Oldfield-2018">{{cite iucn |author=Khela, S. |author2=Oldfield, S. |date=2018 |title=''Fraxinus excelsior'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T203367A67807718 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T203367A67807718.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Fraxinus
| species = excelsior
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| range_map = Fraxinus excelsior range.svg
| range_map_caption = Distribution map
}}

'''''Fraxinus excelsior''''', known as the '''ash''', or '''European ash''' or '''common ash''' to distinguish it from other types of [[Fraxinus|ash]], is a [[flowering plant]] species in the [[olive]] family [[Oleaceae]]. It is native throughout mainland Europe<ref name="Thomas-2016"/> east to the [[Caucasus]] and [[Alborz]] mountains, and west to [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]], the latter determining its western boundary. The northernmost location is in the [[Trondheimsfjord]] region of [[Norway]].<ref name="Rushforth-1999">Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref> The species is widely cultivated and reportedly [[Naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in [[New Zealand]] and in scattered locales in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]].<ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |id= urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:609009-1|title= Fraxinus excelsior L.|access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="KewChecklist">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220928102334/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=369664 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,  ''Fraxinus excelsior'']</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Fraxinus%20excelsior.png Biota of North America Program,  ''Fraxinus excelsior'']</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Fraxinus+excelsior Altervista Flora of the United States and Canada, ''Fraxinus excelsior'']</ref>