Usha Di, Many thanks for the id. To me also it looked like Ailanthus altissima. But since I'm not familiar with US plants, wasn't very sure. Regards, Aarti
On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:44:04 PM UTC+4, Ushadi wrote: > > yes > Ailanthus altissima > > a tall towering tree > grows very large > > bought in to USA in 1899 or so as an ornamental from England > where it was brought by mistake by a missionary as a source of varnish > resin (???) > > and later nursery trade pushed it as a tree for easy shade in NY city and > its boroughs > and even USDA it seems gave out seeds > grows anywhere and everywhere > > but, now considered a noxious weed > > twist of fate: its call tree of heaven > may be because of its full mature tree height? > > > this entire saga is nicely summed up by this page > <https://www.ecolandscaping.org/05/landscape-challenges/invasive-plants/tree-of-heaven-an-exotic-invasive-plant-fact-sheet/> > its even banned now to be planted imported etc to Massachusetts. > == > > its flowering and the leaves were clearly seen in this picture > otherwise its difficult to distinguish when young from staghorn sumac > <https://njaudubon.org/how-to-correctly-distinguish-invasive-tree-of-heaven-from-native-sumac/> > which grows in the same kind a soils esp in NY and NJ > == > > > Regards > Ushadi > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:36 PM Aarti S. Khale <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Tree seen in New Windsor in June, 17. >> This was in the woods. >> Couldn't get closer. >> Could be Ailanthus Species? >> Aarti >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJ6xDqZ6VMjYXGucAWgD8XmJMWiukpd78mdfnxGukDXZPm17_g%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJ6xDqZ6VMjYXGucAWgD8XmJMWiukpd78mdfnxGukDXZPm17_g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2ff9e27a-fc8a-4716-bc3f-f8003b41e106%40googlegroups.com.
