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Sunday - July 22, 2012
From: Chico, CA
Region: California
Topic: Poisonous Plants, Trees
Title: Toxicity of Fan Tex Ash tree to horses
Answered by: Jimmy Mills
QUESTION:
Is the Fan Tex Ash tree toxic to horses?ANSWER:
When Mr. Smarty Plants gets questions about toxic plants, he heads to the Toxic Plant Databases listed below. I could find no listing for the Fan Tex Ash. Not finding a listing doesn't gaurantee that it is non toxic, but it lessens the probability.
California Poison Control System
ASPCA,Toxic plants for Horses
Toxic Plants of Texas
University of Arkansas
Poisonous Plants of South Carolina
For a little background on the tree, this is an excerpt from a previous answer.
Fantex is a cultivar of Fraxinus velutina (Arizona ash). Rather, Fantex is a "sport", or mutant form, of ash that was selected and developed by Fanick's Nursery in San Antonio for its different leaf type—its leaves are smooth; whereas the regular F. velutina leaves are somewhat fuzzy on the underside. There is, however, great variety in the texture of the leaves of this species. Additionally, Fantex apparently has a thicker leaf and is sterile (producing no seeds). It is always grafted onto Fraxinus velutina root stock according to the Pima Arizona Cooperative Extension.
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