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Catalpa speciosa |
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Northern Catalpa |
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Maryland to Arkansas -
United States |
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Upright, with horizontal
branches and a narrow, open, irregular, oval
crown. |
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40-60 feet tall with a spread
of 20-40 feet |
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Flowers are white,
bell-shaped, 2˝ inches long, inside with 2 rows
of yellow blotches, sparsely purple-spotted,
bone in large, upright, terminal panicles, 4-8
inches long |
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Early June |
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Leaves are opposite
to whorled, simple, entire, heart-shaped, 6-12
inches long, densely pubescent beneath. |
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Fall color is a poor
yellow-green to brown. |
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Bark is reddish-brown to
grayish-brown, ridged and furrowed on older
trees. Stems are stout, clubby, with numerous
large lenticels and round to elliptic leaf
scars. |
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Fruit is an elongated,
cylindrical, pendulous capsule, green to brown
in color, 8-20 inches long, cigar-shaped,
ripening in September-October and persisting. |
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The caterpillar of
the catalpa sphinx moth is one of the most
spectacular insect pests. About 3 in. long when
grown, its greenish-yellow body with conspicuous
black markings has a prominent spine at the
rear. There may be 2 or 3 generations annually
and trees are often defoliated. |
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