It was long considered by foresters and government agencies as a weed tree.

I think I've pulled a thousand or more weed trees.

These weed trees are now reaching the end of their cycle, to be replaced by intermediate succession naturally.

So is it a gawky weed tree, a valuable resource, a striking material for environmental art, a menace?

You have no idea - it had a porch, the roof was cracked and falling in, weed trees were growing out of the foundation.

They still bloom every spring, but they are growing in a tangle of weed trees and poison ivy.

I'm just cleaning out the weed trees and-' He paused.

The road, in either direction, was no longer bordered by straggling bushes and weed trees.

Often regarded as a weed tree, its wood is underappreciated and underused.

Even if the state can identify the killer, there seems to be no interest in protecting the ailanthus, which is regarded as a weed tree.