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§1 Plant

Chionanthus virginicus L.

vernacular white fringetree — species · Oleaceae


USDA
CHVI3
GBIF
3172303
Rank
species
white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
Platephotograph · Arthur T. LaBarCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Genus
Chionanthus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 339 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 339 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-30 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
35–60 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6.5
Root depth
20 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
25 ft
Height @ 20 y
20 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Blue
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
1,800
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 339 counties across 13 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 27 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 40 N
Georgia view state ↗ 63 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N
New York view state ↗ 4 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 88 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CHVI3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3172303 ↗

Record version

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