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Ailanthus altissima

(Miller) Swingle
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Ailanthus altissima
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Common name (English)
Tree of heaven
Common name (Greek)
Αείλανθος
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
G3 Coniferous woodland
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
X21 Archaeological
Global distribution

Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Turkmenistan (I), China (widespread), Taiwan (I), Japan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Korea (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), India, Pakistan (Baluchistan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Hazara), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Vietnam, Malesia to Solomon Isl., Albania (I), Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Bulgaria (I), Corsica (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), France (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Spain (I), ?Andorra (I), Baleares (I), Gibraltar (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Portugal (I), Romania (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Anatolia (I), Greece (I) (incl. Kiklades (I)), Crete (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Cyprus (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Chile (I), Argentina (I), Mexico (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Graciosa (I), Pico (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), North Carolina (I), Nebraska (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I) 133551 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. Frequently planted. 

Adventive to Cyprus, found on rocky places, wasteland and roadsides - Troodos mountain range, Lemesos area and elsewhere (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1915
Impacts
Negative

Newly recorded as adventive and invading natural habitats, mainly forests - locally causing major destruction and widely scattered (roadsides, ravines etc) (Hadjikyriakou and Hadjisterkotis 2002).

"The male trees should be avoided, because during flowering they are foetid-smelling causing allergies" (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Sprouts even in cracks on pavements and concrete as well as near house creating problems in infrastructure (Georgiades 1995).

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2004) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus IV. in Willdenowia 34(2): 427-456. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.34.34210

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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