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59.) OLEACEAE - Ash family

OLEACEAE - Ash family

FORSYTHIA Vahl

  • Forsythia suspensa x F. viridissima = F. x *intermedia* Zabel (Forsythia) / - General Rare Widely grown in gardens though rarely self-seeds, more often found as a planted relic. A large shrub clearly self-sown was found at the foot of an old gateway on Trym Road, Westbury-on-Trym in 2022 by D. Peters.

  • Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Trailing Forsythia) / - 4 records according to NBN General Rare Widely grown for ornament and sometimes self-seeds onto walls and steep rocky banks in woodland. Also found as a planted relic.

4 records. 1998 02/06/1998 ST574817 Blackhorse Wood Boyd, Mrs J.H., Evans, Mr M. 1998 11/04/1998 ST340574 Bleadon Green Mr P Ian 840 1998 11/04/1998 ST340573 Bleadon, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Green Mr P Ian 840 (think these last 2 are duplicates) 2012 12/04/2012 ST727627 Breach Wood and adjacent land - grassland north of river Buss Ms Kate 3286

JASMINUM L.

  • Jasminum officinale L. (Summer Jasmine) / General Rare Widely grown in gardens and often escapes over the fence into nearby ground.

6 records 1986 1986 ST5971 Lower Knowle Roxburgh, Ms A. 2002 2002 ST5672 Ashton Court Estate Bland Mr. R.L. Richard 683 2002 2002 ST5772 Hotwells, Bristol Bland Mr. R.L. Richard 683 2013 01/06/2013 ST6272 St Anne's Park. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Lovatt Dr Clive M 875 2016 19/09/2016 ST64049051 Thornbury, east, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 2017 25/08/2017 ST553778 Grove Road, Coombe Dingle, boundary of hardstanding drive Pattenden - James 9445

  • Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl. (Winter Jasmine) General Rare A rare introduction. Recorded at Hotwells, Bristol in 2002 by R.L. Bland; at Tytherington Hill in 2010 by C. & M.A.R. Kitchen; and at Hantone Hill, Bathampton in 2012 by A. Setchfield.

[More records on BSBI.]

FRAXINUS L.

  • Fraxinus excelsior L. (Ash) / Woodland Common One of the commonest and most dominant tree species in our region but this may be set to change following the advent of Ash Die-back (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) - a fungus native to Asia which was imported to Europe and then to Britain via the completely unnecessary trade of saplings from the continent simply because it's cheaper. Widely portrayed as all doom and gloom in the media and by local authorities whose standard practice is to fell them as soon as they show any signs of the disease but If anythings going to drive Ash to extinction, at this rate, it is the humans cutting them down en masse, trying to prevent the spread of the disease rather than the disease itself. It is now unfortunately far too established to prevent its spread further. The hope is that some will survive and that overtime the offspring of those more resilient will replace those which weren't but this can't happen if the standard idiotic practice of mass felling goes on. The trade of Ash saplings was banned in 2012 but it continues with other species. The source of the problem needs addressing. This wretched disease (along with many others past and current) is only here because of the cultivation world and more specifically the forestry industry. The current ridiculous mass tree planting schemes for new 'woodland creation', driven by money and 'carbon offsetting', is exacerbating the chances for further outbreaks. So long as the ridiculous trade of importing native trees is allowed, preventable epidemics will continue to cause havoc.

  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Diversifolia' (One-leaved Ash) General Rare Widely planted in parks and estates; mostly around Bristol. It doesn't seem to be affected by Ash Dieback.

  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' (Weeping Ash) General Very Rare Recorded at Greville Smythe park in 2015 by R.L. Bland and Eastville Park in 2021 by D. Peters.

  • Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl ssp. oxycarpa (Narrow-leaved Ash) General Widely planted and occasionally self-seeds.

  • Fraxinus ornus L. (Manna Ash) General Widely planted in public green spaces.

  • Fraxinus americana L. (White Ash) General Rarely planted.

SYRINGA L.

  • Syringa vulgaris L. (Lilac) / General Commonly grown in gardens and parks and occasionally escapes or occurs as a garden throwout, most often escaping along railway lines. First recorded in a small wood at Lower Failand, off Oxhouse Lane, in 1934 by M. Ashworth.

LIGUSTRUM L.

  • Ligustrum vulgare L. (Wild Privet) / Woodland Frequent Frequent in woodland, and old hedgerows; particularly those overlaying limestone.

  • Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. (Garden Privet) / General 1st record 1975 pre 1975 ST563728 Burwalls Wood, Leigh Woods, Avon Gorge National Nature Reserve Russell R.V. - 412

  • Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton (Tree Privet) General 3 records 2000 2000 ST5578 Bristol, Henbury Bland Mr. R.L. Richard 00796 2000 2000 ST5873 Bristol, Cabot Bland Mr. R.L. Richard 00796 2010 22/05/2010 ST556782 Blaise Castle Estate Bland - Richard 683

PHILLYREA L.

  • Phillyrea latifolia L. (Green Olive Tree / Mock Privet) General

OSMANTHUS Lour.

  • Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P.S. Green (False Holly - Kew, Chinese Holly - GBIF, Holly Olive - RHS) General

2 records 2000 2000 ST5678 Bristol, Henbury Bland Mr. R.L. Richard 00796 2023 02/05/2023 ST634766 Frome Vale, Bristol lwg46thkingswood - - 14145

List:

  • Forsythia suspensa x F. viridissima = F. x intermedia Zabel (Forsythia - Stace, Clychau Aur - NBN) / - General
  • Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Trailing Forsythia - Stace, Golden-bell - NBN) / - 4 records according to NBN General
  • Jasminum officinale L. (Summer Jasmine) / General
  • Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl. (Winter Jasmine) General
  • Fraxinus excelsior L. (Ash) / Woodland
  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Diversifolia' (One-leaved Ash) General
  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' (Weeping Ash) General
  • Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl ssp. oxycarpa (Narrow-leaved Ash) General
  • Fraxinus ornus L. (Manna Ash) General
  • Fraxinus americana L. (White Ash) General
  • Syringa vulgaris L. (Lilac) / General
  • Ligustrum vulgare L. (Wild Privet) / Woodland
  • Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. (Garden Privet) / General
  • Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton (Tree Privet) General
  • Phillyrea latifolia L. (Green Olive Tree / Mock Privet) General
  • Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P.S. Green (False Holly - Kew, Chinese Holly - GBIF, Holly Olive - RHS) General

Species to add:

  • Forsythia suspensa x F. viridissima = F. x intermedia Zabel (Forsythia - Stace, Clychau Aur - NBN) / - /
  • Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Trailing Forsythia - Stace, Golden-bell - NBN) / - 4 records according to NBN /
  • Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl. (Winter Jasmine) /
  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Diversifolia' (One-leaved Ash) /
  • Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' (Weeping Ash) /
  • Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl ssp. oxycarpa (Narrow-leaved Ash) /
  • Fraxinus ornus L. (Manna Ash) /
  • Fraxinus americana L. (White Ash) /
  • Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P.S. Green (False Holly - Kew, Chinese Holly - GBIF, Holly Olive - RHS) /
  • Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton (Tree Privet) /