Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

15-20'

Bark Characteristics:

Brown, gray

Bloom Characteristics:

Male flowers showier than female flowers. Produces drooping clusters of fringe-like flowers which grow at the ends of branches. Clusters are 4-6" long.

Dioecious:

Yes. Some perfect flowers.

Fall Color:

Yellow

Foliage Characteristics:

Simple, opposite, nearly opposite, or whorled spear-shaped leaves. 8" long. Dark green with entire margins.

Fruit Characteristics:

Olive-like, ripen to dark blue-black in late summer.

Structure:

Spreading, rounded

Range:

Central to E. US

Habitat:

Full sun to part shade, moist, fertile soil.

Description:

This native fringetree has beautiful, fluffy white flowers in the spring and deep blue fruit in the summer. It is listed as Threatened in Ohio.

Hardiness:

-40 - 30 F

Attracts:

Attracts birds with fruit and shelter.

Bloom Time:

May to June

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

Fringetree

Poison ash

Old Man's Beard

Virginian Snow Flower

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Asteranae

Order:

Lamiales

Family:

Oleaceae

Genus:

Chionanthus

Species:

virginicus

Accession Number:

2017-0431A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection

On Display:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7de035c92-d481-4710-88e9-74f4662704bb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2017-0431A