American Smoke Tree

Back to St. Mary's Website Tree Home Page Map
Resources Acknowledgements

Tree- #17
Name:   Common:American Smoke Tree
               Scientific:Cotinus obovatus

Leaf:    Type:Pinnate Venation
                1.Form:Oval
               2.Apex:Rounded
                3.Margin:Entire

               4.Base:Rounded

                Venation:Pinnate
               Arrangement:15ft. tall and wide
Flower: Male and female on different trees, huge plum of pink flower, few flowers, 5 lobed calyx, 5 petals, 5 stamens;male. single;female

Fruit:Small , kidney-shaped, 3-6mm. long, pale brown, hairy stalks, 3.5-5cm.long
Twig:Slender, whitish bloom;young, turns brown
Bark:Gray to blackish, thin, scaly
Form:Small tree, ovoid
Discussion:
Uses:Landscaping, flowers

Origin:Southern Europe, central China and the Himalayas
Distribution:Tennessee, Alabama, Ozark, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, Zones 4-8

Map:7
References:
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Trees
    By:Simon and Schuster
Illinois Gardener's Guide
    By:James A. Fizzell
Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs
    By:Michael A. Dirr

Top of Page