Oleaceae . . . . . Olive family
Forsythia . . . . Forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia . . . . . Forsythia
Relic of gardens
Fraxinus . . . . Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia . . . . Narrow-leaved Ash
Increasingly planted; brown rather than black buds (pics C Hutchinson)
Fraxinus excelsior . . . . Ash
Common in woods and hedgerows exc. very N Sc
Fraxinus ornus . . . . Manna Ash
Widely planted
Two American Ash spp. are also planted. They have brown buds and stalked leaflets, with F. pensylvanica having hairy twigs, and F. americana with hairless twigs and lflets >5cm wide
Jasminum . . . . Jasmines
Jasminum nudiflorum . . . . . Winter Jasmine
Naturalised on walls and marginal ground
Ligustrum . . . Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium . . . . Garden Privet
Widely planted as hedge
Twigs:
Ligustrum vulgare . . . . Wild Privet
Narrower leaves than garden privet; hedgerows and scrub on base-rich soils
Osmanthus . . . . Osmanthus
Osmanthus delayvii . . . . Osmanthus
Widely planted
