Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Illinois (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Walker
31.469361, -95.634556
Location Remarks
East of Riverside. On N 3454 (Thomas Lake Road), ca. 100 m north of junction with FM980. 82 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, C. Efraimson, S. Efraimson
Notes
Tree 4 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Chionanthus
Specific Epithet
virginicus
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#90,402 of 335,497
Top 27%
Extinction probability
5%