Meet 12 Species of Ash Trees. Members of the Fraxinus Genus Ash trees are placed in the genus Fraxinus in the olive (Oleaceae) family. They are often used as shade, lawn and street trees. You can spot one by looking for trees with opposite branching (not many trees do this) and compound leaves.
Breeds of Livestock-Limousin Cattle. The History of Limousin The history of Limousin cattle may very well be as old as the European continent itself. Cattle found in cave drawings estimated to be 20,000 years old in the Lascaux Cave near Montignac, France, have a striking resemblance to today's Limousin. These golden-red cattle are native to the south central part of France in the regions of Limousin and Marche.
Among the older and most widely distributed of all breeds of cattle in the world, and recorded since the Middle Ages, the Simmental breed has contributed to the creation of several other famous European breeds, including the Montbeliarde (France), the Razzeta d'Oropa (Italy), and the Fleckvieh (Germany). Local names based on the breed-name used in the official breed association names which boil down to spotted cattle: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia. 2  Most of these countries use Simmental as a translation of their local name.