John Waters / Ancient ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), Oxwich Bay Nature Reserve, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Ash tree leaves (Fraxinus excelsior) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Pascal Tordeux / Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) covered in frosted, Picardy, Laon, France

Colin Varndell / Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) fresh leaf in spring, Dorset, UK April

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Flowering birtworth (Aristolochia clematitis) by Ash trees (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) in riparian forest along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Ash tree (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) reflected in flood water in a forest along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Ash trees (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) in flood water along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Slavonian / Common oak (Quercus robur) and Ash (Fraxinus sp) forest, near Muilovcica village, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Sisack-Moslavina county, Slavonia region, Posavina area, Croatia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / View up an Ash (Fraxinus sp) tree, in a forest, near Muilovcica village, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Sisack-Moslavina county, Slavonia region, Posavina area, Croatia, June 2009

Jose B. Ruiz / Flowering Ash / Manna (Fraxinus ornus) autumn leaves, Alicante, Spain

Simon Colmer / Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) bud in winter, UK