Fraxinus pennsylvanica Leprechaun™
Common name:
Lelprechaun Green Ash
Pronunciation:
FRAKS-i-nus pen-sil-VAN-i-ka
Family:
Oleaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
‘Johnson’
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous tree/shrub, a true genetic dwarf, often sold grafted to a standard trunk at a height of 6 ft (1.8 m) from which it develops into a dense, compact, rounded tree about 20 ft (6 m) high with slightly less of a spread. Leaves are half the size or less of standard cultivars. Does not produce fruit (seeds).
- Sun
- Hardy to USDA Zone 3 A chance seedling found by M. Yanny in about 1983 at the Wayne Johnson Nursery, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; introduced in about 1994 (Jacobson, 1996).
- Alert: An invasive, non-native, insect pest, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is present in Oregon and in much of the easthern U.S. The larvee of this pest feed on the inner bark of ash trees native to North America and Eurpoe, disrupting nutrient and water transport, which often results in tree death. For more information on this potentionally devistataing insect pest, click on Fraxinus in the Genus listing above.
- Oregon State Univ. campus: several on the east side of 35th St. just south of Jackson Ave.
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