Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach - Accepted: Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach bei Zander 2008; Familie: Juglandaceae (Zander 2008)
Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach - unresolved: Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Juglandaceae (APG III)
Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach - Unresolved: Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Poir.) Spach bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Juglandaceae (APG III)

Flowers

monoecious; flowers in long catkins (up to 50 cm)

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous)

Life form

tree

Leaves

pinnately compound

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

double-winged nut fruit (samara)

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous)

Soil conditions

preferentially on moist, loamy and clay soils

Root type

shallow root system

Natural occurrence (habitat)

river valleys

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate broad-leaved and mixed forests (Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests)

Usage

used as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens; wood is used for the production of veneer; bast from the bark is used for weaving hats

Phytopathogenic organisms

is affected by the fungal pathogen Geosmithia morbida vectored by the walnut twig beetle Pithyophthorus juglandis

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (2009): EUFORGEN. See: http://www.euforgen.org;

Hishinuma, S. M. et al. (2015): Wingnut (Juglandaceae) as a new generic host for Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the thousand cankers disease pathogen, Geosmithia morbida (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). Canadian Entomologist, 148(1): 83-91.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.37;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;