Index / Search / Chionanthus virginicus
§1 Plant
Chionanthus virginicus L.
vernacular white fringetree — species · Oleaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Bibb 01007
- Cherokee 01019
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Etowah 01055
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Monroe 01099
- Morgan 01103
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Gordon 13129
- Greene 13133
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Seminole 13253
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Walker 13295
- Warren 13301
- White 13311
- Whitfield 13313
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Breathitt 21025
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Jackson 21109
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Whitley 21235
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 ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§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
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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