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Latin name: Ailanthus altissima Common name: Tree of Heaven |
Tree
habit in winter and summer. Photo was taken at Morton Arboretum. Tree has been
cut down.
Picture
looking up into the branches of
Ailanthus altissima in winter and summer. This is the tree
that is shown above.
Ailanthus
altissima - end of branch showing leaf scar and bundle scars
This row of mature trees was located in Naperville, Illinois just west of the
parking garage on Benton. Houses and trees on these lots were demolished in the
fall of 2007. These trees may have produced the seeds that resulted in the trees
below.
Picture
on left shows leaf scar on a young Tree of Heaven near the Naperville post
office. Picture on right is the end of the end of a leaf.
Tree
of Heaven flowers
The
Tree of Heaven has very long compound leaves. This is just one leaf with 28
leaflets. The entire leaf is about 31 inches long.
Closeup of leaflets from Ailanthus altissima. Note the glands near the tips of
lower lobes
Fruit on Ailanthus altissima. These photographs are of a tree that is near the
Art League building along the Riverwalk in Naperville, Illinois. All pictures
were taken at the same time, but the dried ones were on a broken branch that was
on the ground.
Karren J. Wcisel © copyright 2002-2005
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