OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 104-01-001:

Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Ailanthus, Tree-of-heaven, Stink-tree


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 104-01-001:
Ailanthus altissima   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

 

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Tree
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: Roadsides, forests, disturbed areas, including cities, especially in moist, fertile soils, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 15-27 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens in staminate flowers/2-3 stamens in perfect/absent in pistillate
Bisexual & unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Schizocarp of samaroid mericarps

 

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