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Air-Potato
Dioscorea bulbifera
Bamboo
Several non-native genera
Brazilian Peppertree
Schinus terebinthifolius
Callery pear
Pyrus calleryana
Chinese Privet
Ligustrum sinense
Chinese Tallow Tree
Triadica sebifera
Cogongrass
Imperata cylindrica
Japanese Climbing Fern
Lygodium japonicum
Japanese Stiltgrass
Microstegium vimineum
Johnson Grass
Sorghum halepense
Kudzu
Pueraria lobata
Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Tree of Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Tree of Heaven is common throughout the much of the eastern U.S.  This rapidly-growing tree can reach heights of 80’, and can quickly dominate plant communities.  Tree of Heaven produces chemicals in its roots that prevent other plant species from growing around it, thereby creating monocultural Tree of Heaven stands.  When crushed, leaves and other parts of the plant produce a very rancid odor.  This tree will grow most anywhere, including cracks in the sidewalk and in very dry areas.  Tree of Heaven is very difficult to control, as it spreads both by seed (it is a prolific seed producer) and by root suckering and resprouting.  When cut, the tree sends up large numbers of smaller shoots and root sprouts.  Tree of Heaven can be controlled with herbicides.  Herbicides, both foliar (e.g. glyphosate) and bark injection (e.g. triclopyr), may be effective if applied during summer.

 
http://southernforesthealth.org/plants/tree-of-heaven

Fact Sheet: Tree of Heaven

Plant Conservation Alliance, 2009

Invasive Plants in Pennsylvania: Tree of Heaven

Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

Managing Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) on Roadsides

Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Horticulture Roadside Research Project, 2004

Tree of Heaven

Mississippi State University, 2010

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

Southern Group of State Foresters, 2020

Tree-of-Heaven Control

Maryland DNR-FS, 2000

Tree of heaven

Potomac Highlands Coop Weed & Pest Mgt Area, 2012
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