Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle

Origin: introduced

Scientific synonyms: Ailanthus glandulosa Desf., Ailantus glandulosa, Rhus cacodendrum Ehrh., Rhus sinense Ell.

Common names:

Ailante (French) (1892) (6)

Ailanthus (1876-1932) (5, 52, 85, 92, 137, 138, 158)

Ailanto (1898) (49)

Chinese ailanthus (1892) (6)

Chinese sumac [Chinese sumach] (1876-1930) (5, 6, 49, 52, 57, 92, 106, 156, 158)

Devil's-walking-stick [Devil's walking stick, Devil's walking-stick, Devil's-walkingstick] (1896-1923, Sulphur Grove OH, misapplied) (5, 76, 156, 158)

False varnish tree, False varnish-tree (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Götterbaum (German) (1892-1900) (6, 158)

Heavenward tree (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Paradise-tree (1930) (106)

Smoke tree (1986) (4)

Tall ailanthus (1768) (165)

Tallow tree (1876) (92)

Tillow tree (1892) (6)

Tree-of-heaven [Tree of heaven] (1876-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 49, 50, 52, 54, 57, 85, 92, 97, 106, 107, 109, 112, 124, 135, 137, 138, 153, 156, 158)

Tree-of-heaven ailanthus [Treeofheaven ailanthus] (1942) (155)

Tree-of-the-gods (1900) (158)

Varnish tree (1919-1930) (106, 107)

Vernis des Japon (1892-1900, French) (6, 158)