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Ailanthus altissima 'Aucubaefolia'

lc: mottled yellow

Ailanthus altissima 'Erthyrocarpa'

lc: darker green than species typical frc: seeds redder, more showy in: Europe before 1867 when described by Carriere ns: bright red-fruited seedlings occur occasionally in gardens among the usual brownish, tan-yellow, and red tinged common ones.

Ailanthus altissima 'Hongye' (11/4)

lc: bright red, especially when young, very showy li: Zhang, D. and M.A. Dirr. 2004. Potential new ornamental plants from China. SNA Res. Conf. 2004: 601-603.

Ailanthus altissima 'Metro'

ha: compact, neater than species typical, not so weedy in appearance sex: male - thus not seeding in: Bill Wandell, Urbana IL USA c. 1995 li: Jacobson, A.L. 1996. North Amer. Land. Trees. Ten Speed Press.

Ailanthus altissima 'Pendulifolia'

ha: dense lt, ll: leaves longer than species typical, thus heavier and more drooping. Species is more horizontal or less drooping. in: Europe c. 1889. The first US tree dates from the Arnold Arb. c. 1925

Ailanthus altissima var. sutchuensis (Dode) Rehd. & Wilson

st: new shoots glabrous, glossy reddish-brown pet: red or purple tinged lv: leaflets lacking ciliate or hairy margins lb: leaflets cuneate at the base - less noticably truncate than var. altissima (typical) frd: to 2.0 inches long - larger than some var. altissima at 1.5 in. geo: Hupeh, Szechwan in: to western gardens 1897

Ailanthus altissima 'Tricolor'

lc: mottled white, new growth pinkish or red-tinged to give a third color