Plant Database - Trees
Northern Catalpa
(Catalpa speciosa)
Form with flowers ...
northern catalpa Bignoniaceae Catalpa speciosa (Warder) Warder ex Engelm. symbol: CASP8
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62. Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa
leaf
10-30 cm long, 8-18 cm wide
apex long and pointed
margin entire, sometimeswith 1-3 irregular teeth.
base ...
Northern catalpa produces showy clusters of white flowers held on a panicle (a branched cluster of flowers at the tip of a stem) in late spring and early summer.
Usage Location
The original range of Catalpa speciosa is somewhat uncertain.
Description:
Northern Catalpa usually assumes an upright oval growth habit through maturity, with individual branches assuming a mounding character in the canopy.
Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory Caryopteris incana Common Bluebeard Caryopteris x clandonensis Hybrid bluebeard Castanea mollissima Chinese Chestnut Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Cedrus ...
This catalpa differs from the northern catalpa (C. speciosa) by its more densely purple-spotted flowers and its leaves that have a bad odor when crushed.
Habitat: Wet woods, along streams.
Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow, Desert Catalpa)
Chitalpa tashkentensis (Chitalpa)
Clytostoma callistegioides (Violet Trumpet Vine)
Crescentia cujete (Calabash)
Cydista aequinoctialis (Garlic Vine) ...
Beanpods and leaf details of the northern catalpa
The name derives from the Catawba Native American name catawba for these trees (the tribal totem), ...
Catalpa speciosa, the Northern catalpa, propagated in the same manner, is also hardy zones 5-9, as is Catalpa ovata
Related Topics
Cuttings
Cleft or Wedge Grafting
Soil
Trees and Shrubs ...
Catalpa speciosa (Warder) Warder ex Engelm. northern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa (Warder) Warder ex Engelm.northern catalpa
Related Flowers ...
Catalpa speciosa
Northern Catalpa, Western Catalpa, Hardy Catalpa
Bignoniaceae ...
Usually planted for its shade and flowers, the wood is durable and useful for posts. The Northern catalpa, C. speciosa Warder, with larger flowers and wider pods, has also been planted in the Commonwealth.
Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
Northern Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepsis)
Northern Japanese Hemlock (Tsuga diversifolia)
Northern Pin Oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Northern Spy Apple (Malus 'Northern Spy') ...
Catalpa speciosa [Northern Catalpa] Common Name List
(immature flower cluster and buds) (plant habit, at flowering and after)
(leaves and flowers) (leaves and flowers) (leaves and fruit) (fruit and seeds) ...
northern catalpa; western catalpa Catalpa speciosa
Norway maple Acer platanoides
Norway spruce Picea abies
nut grass; kili'p'opu; purple flat sedge Cyperus rotundus
oak fern; pai'i'iha Thelypteris dentata
oak-forest wood-rush Luzula luzuloides ...
 See also: Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa, May, Green, Southern catalpa
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