Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera'
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Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera', or True Weeping Narrow-leafed Ash, is a weeping tree
Weeping tree
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 and a cultivar
Cultivar
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 of Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, the Narrow-leafed Ash. It was first mentioned by Beissner, Schelle & Zabel in 1903. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

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Description

A strongly weeping tree
Weeping tree
right|thumb|| 250 px|Weeping Atlas CedarWeeping trees are trees that are characterized by a typical shape with soft, limp twigs This may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepingness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars...

with a leader and with perpendicular branches forming a dome shape. More pendulous then the well known 'Pendula'

Synonymy

  • Fraxinus lentiscifolia f. pendula-vera Beissner, Schelle & Zabel (1901), nom. nud. [as f. pendula vera]
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