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Kentucky Coffeetree jim-NO-kla-dus di-o-EE-ka
Deciduous tree, 40-50 ft (12-15 m), narrow in youth, aging to broad and contorted; thick stems. Bark rough. Leaves alternate, large bipinnately compound (to 0.9 m), leaflet entire.

 


Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Larch (Larix laricina)
Linden (Tilia cordata) ...

Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree
Juglans cinerea, Butternut
Juglans nigra, Black Walnut
Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar
Larix laricina, Tamarack
Liriodendron tulipifera, Yellow poplar
Maclura pomifera, Osage Orange ...

Stop 17 (KC) - Kentucky Coffeetree
Stop 18 (HC) - Horsechestnut
Stop 19 (WP) - White Pine
Stop 20 (DR) - Dawn Redwood
Stop 21 (CW) - Common Witchhazel
Stop 22 (PO) - Pin Oak
Stop 23 (WA) - White Ash
Stop 24 (EB) - European Beech ...

Gymnocladus dioicus : Kentucky Coffeetree - Whole Plant
Halesia monticola : Mountain Silverbell - Flowers
Halesia monticola 'Rosea' : Rosea Mountain Silverbell - Flowers ...

Other names include cascara buckthorn, cáscara sagrada ("holy bark" in Spanish), sacred bark tree, Oregon bearwood, bitterbark, coffeetree, coffeeberry, shittimwood, chittam, chittim, and buckthorn.

Form: A medium to large tree up to 100 feet in height that developes a straight, clear bole with a narrow crown under competition, twigs and branches quite stout.
Looks like: butternut - Kentucky coffeetree - tree-of-Heaven - English walnut ...

inermis Sunburst Honeylocust 'Sunburst' Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree Botanical Name Common Name Halesia tetraptera (syn. carolina) Carolina Silverbell Hamamelis vernalis Vernal Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Common Witchhazel ...

See also: Coffee, Green, May, Walnut, Dogwood