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Ptelea trifoliata (hoptree; common hoptree)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ptelea trifoliata, the common hoptree, stinking ash or wafer ash, is a species of flowering plant in the Rutaceae family, native to North and Central America. It is a deciduous shrub or tree, growing to 8 m (26 ft) tall by 4 m (13 ft) wide.
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Infraspecies

Ptelea trifoliata angustifolia (Common hoptree)
Ptelea trifoliata coahuilensis
Ptelea trifoliata f. aurea
Ptelea trifoliata f. fastigiata
Ptelea trifoliata pallida (Pallid hoptree)
Ptelea trifoliata polyadenia
Ptelea trifoliata trifoliata (Common hoptree)
Ptelea trifoliata var. angustifolia
Ptelea trifoliata var. baldwinii
Ptelea trifoliata var. cognata
Ptelea trifoliata var. confinis
Ptelea trifoliata var. lutescens
Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis
Ptelea trifoliata var. persicifolia
Ptelea trifoliata var. pumila

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Low
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  5 months 15 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Single Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Hazards [3]  This species can cause photosensitization of the skin;
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  30 inches (76 cm)
Scent [3]  All parts of the plant emit a disagreeable odour. The flowers are especially pungent and are pollinated by carrion flies.
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  12000 / lb (26455 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Tree
Usage [3]  Sometimes used as a hedge plant in N. America; Wood - hard, heavy, close grained; It weighs 51lb per cubic foot;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Red
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  20 feet (6 m)
Width [3]  20 feet (6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  High
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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0