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Southern Catalpa
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Medium sized tree reaching 8 to 12 meters in height. Bearing long,
beanlike fruits which remain attached throughout the winter. It is a smaller
tree than the northern catalpa and is less hardy.
BUDS: Terminal bud absent; lateral buds small, orange-brown and round. TWIGS: Stout with whorled circular leaf scars. BARK: Smooth and brownish-gray; over time becoming furrowed HABITAT: River floodplains and bottomlands of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia; planted in the north and occasionally found growing in open areas such as roadsides and disturbed forests. USES: The native southern species is planted as an ornamental
shade tree.
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