Tree for ID : New Windsor, New York : 10OCT19 : AK-13

[Aarti S. Khale]

Tree seen in New Windsor in June, 17.

This was in the woods.

Couldn't get closer.

Could be Ailanthus Species?

Aarti

[ushadi]

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

its even banned now to be planted imported etc to Massachusetts.

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its flowering and the leaves were clearly seen in this picture

otherwise its difficult to distinguish when young from staghorn sumac

which grows in the same kind a soils esp in NY and NJ

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Regards

Ushadi

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[Aarti S. Khale]

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

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