An individual instance of Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/12-230
Notes:
This organism is a living specimen that is part of the
Vanderbilt University Arboretum
with the local identifier 1-295.
This particular organism is believed to have
managed
means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope:
multicellular organism.
Remarks:
Described in the 1994 Trees of Vanderbilt p. 81.
Identifications:
Ailanthus altissima
(Mill.) Swingle
sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991
common name: tree of heaven
family: Simaroubaceae
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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36.14347°, -86.79783°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2002-05-14
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Gleason Cronquist 1991 =
Gleason, Henry A. and Arthur Cronquist, 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, US.