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Autumn Purple Ash Tree Facts
By Alecia Stuchlik, eHow Contributor
Native to North America, the 'Autumn Purple' white ash tree (Fraxinus americana) ranges throughout the United States. Strictly male, this seedless tree belongs to the white ash genus and thus shares many characteristics, but is particularly known for its showy fall color. Also fast growing, this tree makes its home in moist locations throughout the United States.
Tree Description
With a height of 40 to 60 feet, the 'Autumn Purple' white ash tree forms an oval shape. The green, oblong leaves on this tree span 2 to 4 inches and bear serrated edges, growing opposite one another on stems. True to its name, the foliage on this tree turns a brilliant purple in fall. It also has inconspicuous green flowers, but as it remains a seedless variety of ash, it produces no seedpods.
Growing Conditions
The 'Autumn Purple' ash tree thrives in moist conditions in zones 4 through 8, leaving it sensitive to periods of extreme drought. It grows in various light exposures, ranging from full sun to partial shade, according to the University of Florida.
Uses
Though a modest tree throughout the year with the exception of fall, this ash provides excellent shade in open areas. If given plenty of soil space, it even works well along streets as a street tree, especially since it does not bear seeds.
Pests
The most severe damage to the 'Autumn Purple' ash tree comes from several different types of borers, whose extended presence often leads to tree death. According to the University of Florida, ash tree borers penetrate a tree trunk at soil level and cause dieback. Another borer, the lilac borer, enters the tree, leaving spots of swelling on limbs. Finally, the larvae of carpenterworm bore into the heartwood of an infested tree.
As these pests usually afflict stressed and weakened tree, the best way to prevent an infestation lies in regular fertilizing and watering, especially during dry periods.
Diseases
Fungal diseases remain the most common problems for ash trees. Among them lie anthracnose and verticillium wilt. Anthracnose, according to the University of Illinois Extension, appears as irregularly shaped spots on leaves and twigs, usually in late spring to early summer. While this fungus does not cause severe damage, developing leaves may grow distorted. Due to the size of a tree, fungicides are an impractical method in treating anthracnose. Disposing of infected fallen leaves provides the best way to prevent the disease from spreading.
An attack of verticillium wilt begins at the roots and works its way upward, wreaking havoc on a tree's healthy tissue. A disease that can result in tree death, symptoms include sapwood discoloration and wilted branches. Avoid planting trees in areas where infected plants once stood and fertilize high in potassium to ward of verticillium wilt.
Cimmaron Green Ash ("Cimmzam")
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
A fast growing cultivar with excellent branch angles, a strong trunk and straight central leader, making it resistant to storm and snow breakage. Fall colors start out with deep burgundy changing to red and finally turning flame-orange. Foliage in thick. It is narrow in youth, forming an oval canopy as it matures. Salt tolerant. Prefers rich, loose soil. A good tree for confined areas. Matures at 55-60'; 25-30' spread. (zone 4-7) Needs full sunlight.
From: http://www.portkellsnurseries.com
Has thick, dark green foliage on this fast growing shade tree. Fall colors are a brilliant warm red, and the growth rate is relatively fast. This tree is tolerant of most soils, and prefers a location that gets lots of sun.
Characteristics & Attributes
Plant Type: Ornamental,Shade Tree
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Time: March - June
Height: 15m-18m (49-59ft)
Spread: 7m-9m (22-29ft)
Hardiness: zone 3-9
Exposure: Full sun
Soil Moisture: Regular
Foilage Color: Olive Green red/yellow in fall
Soil Type: Tolerates some drought and occassional wetness and will grow in dry to occasionally wet soils but prefers well-drained/loamy, sandy or clay soil
Attributes: Nice fall color. Single-winged fruit (samara), shaped like a canoe
Cercis canadensis
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It typically grows to 6–9 m (20–30 feet) tall with a 8–10 m (25–35 foot) spread. It generally has a short, often twisted trunk and spreading branches. A 10-year-old tree will generally be around 5 m (15 ft) tall. The bark is dark in color, smooth, later scaly with ridges somewhat apparent, sometimes with maroon patches. The twigs are slender and zigzag, nearly black in color, spotted with lighter lenticels. The winter buds are tiny, rounded and dark red to chestnut in color. The leaves are alternate, simple, heart shaped with an entire margin, 7–12 cm (3-5 inches) long and wide, thin and papery, and may be slightly hairy below. Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' leaves.
The flowers are showy, light to dark magenta pink in color, 1.5 cm (½ inch) long, appearing in clusters from March to May, on bare stems before the leaves, sometimes on the trunk itself. The flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bees such as blueberry bees and carpenter bees. Short-tongued bees apparently cannot reach the nectaries. The fruit are flattened, dry, brown, pea-like pods, 5–10 cm (2-4 inches) long that contain flat, elliptical, brown seeds 6 mm (¼ inch) long, maturing in August to October. Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) on redbud flowers.
In some parts of southern Appalachia, green twigs from the Eastern redbud are used as seasoning for wild game such as venison and opossum. Because of this, in these mountain areas the Eastern redbud is sometimes known as the spicewood tree.
In the wild, Eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant. The leaves are eaten by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, for example the Io moth (Automeris io).
Description
Bark: Red brown, with deep fissures and scaly surface. Branchlets at first lustrous brown, later become darker.
Winter buds: Chestnut brown, obtuse, one-eighth inch long.
Leaves: Alternate, simple, heart-shaped or broadly ovate, two to five inches long, five to seven-nerved, chordate or truncate at the base, entire, acute. They come out of the bud folded along the line of the midrib, tawny green; when they are full grown they become smooth, dark green above, paler beneath. In autumn they turn bright clear yellow.
Flowers: April, May, before and with the leaves, papilionaceous. Perfect, rose color, borne four to eight together, in fascicles which appear at the axils of the leaves or along the branch and sometimes on the trunk itself.
Corolla: Papilionaceous, petals five, nearly equal, pink or rose color, upper petal the smallest, enclosed in the bud by the wings, and encircled by the broader keel petals.