Taxon:  Fraxinus profunda (Bush) Bush



Summary
Genus:
Fraxinus
Section:
Melioides
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
318250
Place of publication:
Gard. & Forest 10:515.  1897
Verified:
03/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
109 (108  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fraxinus americana L. var. profunda Bush

Invalid Designation(s)
Fraxinus tomentosa auct.
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
  2. Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
  3. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  4. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  5. Miller, G. N. 1955. The genus Fraxinus, the ashes, in North America, north of Mexico. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 335:47. Note: = Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx.
  6. Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:1-6.
  7. Nesom, G. L. 2010. Taxonomy of the water ashes: Fraxinus caroliniana, F. cubensis, and F. pauciflora (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-39:1-21.
  8. Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
  9. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
  10. Waldron, G. 1997. Pumpkin ash, Fraxinus profunda, in southwestern Ontario. Canad. Field-Naturalist 110:615-619.
  11. Wallander, E. 2008. Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273:28.
  12. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
  13. Whittemore, A. T. et al. 2018. Ploidy variation in Fraxinus L. (Oleaceae) of eastern North America: genome size diversity and taxonomy in a suddenly endangered genus. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 179:377-389. DOI: 10.1086/696688. Note: octaploid
  14. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
  15. Yatskievych, G. & J. Turner. 1990. Catalogue of the flora of Missouri. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishpumpkin ash  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntarios.w.Waldron, G. 1997. Pumpkin ash, Fraxinus profunda, in southwestern Ontario. Canad. Field-Naturalist 110:615-619.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinoiss.Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouris.e.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigans.Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:2. Note: but lists as Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx., nom. illeg.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:2. Note: but lists as Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx., nom. illeg.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhios.w.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvanian.w.Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:2. Note: but lists as Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx., nom. illeg.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:2. Note: but lists as Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx., nom. illeg.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridan.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentuckyw.Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMarylands.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginias.e.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.w.)]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan (s.), New Jersey, New York, Ohio (s.w.), Pennsylvania (n.w.)]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.), Missouri (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky (w.), Louisiana, Maryland (s.), Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (s.e.)]

Reference(s)
  1. Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
  2. Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:277.
  3. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  4. Nesom, G. L. 2010. Notes on Fraxinus profunda (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-32:2. Note: but lists as Fraxinus tomentosa F. Michx., nom. illeg.
  5. Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
  6. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
  7. Waldron, G. 1997. Pumpkin ash, Fraxinus profunda, in southwestern Ontario. Canad. Field-Naturalist 110:615-619.
  8. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=318250. Accessed 14 April 2026.