Fraxinus dipetala - Foothill ash

Foothill ash (Fraxinus dipetala) is a deciduous shrub or small tree of California chaparral and oak woodland, growing on slopes and near springs rather than in creek beds, with fragrant flower clusters in spring.¹ It grows 3-7 m tall and 3-4 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Fraxinus spp. - Ash
• Tree
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Flammable²
• Drought-tolerance¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	3-7
Diameter (m)	3-4

Footnotes

1. Fraxinus dipetala, California | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 10 seconds ↩