*Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle. TREE OF HEAVEN.
" ... planted ... at Niagara Falls. ... grows freely and throws up suckers
from its roots. It seems as much at home as the Locust tree." Macoun (1883).
(As A. glandulosa) "spontaneous near Clifton, Ontario,"
Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A. glandulosa),
Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, July 5, 1898; John Macoun,
July 4, 1901 (20870), Heimburger (1955).
Ontario: Dufferin
Islands. Rather weedy peripheral area to the islands, with Lonicera tartarica, Acer
platanoides, A. negundo. P. M. Eckel 870700 Sept. 23, l986 (BUF); Dufferin Islands, Eckel 870700 (BUF);
several trees, crest of river one mile S of the Falls, in the city, Eckel, June
27, 1988 (BUF); Along the Niagara Parkway in the city between the Lower Arch RR
Bridge and the Rainbow Bridge. Crest thickets (source of seed for gorge forest
below) P. M. Eckel & R. H. Zander 889023 June 27, 1988 (BUF).