Botanical Name: Ailanthus altissima
Common Name: Tree-of-Heaven
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, multi-trunked tree (suckers profusely), with spreading branches forming a loose, open rounded canopy, bark is fairly smooth, gray
Height 20-40'(50')
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full or partial sun
Soil tolerates nearly any type; prefers moist sandy soils
Hardiness hardy (all zones); thrives in warm humid location
 
Morphology:
Leaves odd-pinnately compound, alternate, 1'-3' long; has 13-25 ovate-lanceolate leaflets, 2"-6" long, with truncate bases
Flowers small, numerous, greenish, in terminal panicles; staminate and pistillate flowers borne on the same plant; late spring-summer
Fruit a samara: 2" long, twisted when ripe
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a fast-growing shade tree, large-scale screen or windbreak; very invasive (seeds and suckers); an excellent tree for adverse habitats
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular, but is drought-tolerant
Fertilizing none required
Pruning develop one-few main leaders; remove suckers
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Simaroubaceae

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