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Fraxinus profunda, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1643 most planted

Fraxinus profunda

Pumpkin ash

25
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
17 in
median trunk (43 cm, 25 measured)
23 yr
median age (44% have a planting date)

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Fraxinus profunda, also known as pumpkin ash, is a tree native to eastern North America, growing in wet bottomland habitats such as swamps and floodplains. It is currently critically endangered, primarily threatened by the emerald ash borer.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. New York City · United States
    13—17 in
  2. Boston · United States
    623 yr61 in
  3. Montreal · Canada
    665 yr11 in

Traits

Water needs
High

Trunk diameters across every city: median 17 in, mean 29 in, 90th percentile 62 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Mississippi lowland forests

Other Fraxinus in the catalogue

20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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