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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Catalpa speciosa
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SCROPHULARIALES
 FAMILY:   BIGNONIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Catalpa speciosa
 AUTHORITY:  Warder.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CIGAR TREE
    INDIAN BEAN
    WESTERN CATALPA
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: CASP8
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
       RESTORATION
         FOREST
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Coastal Plain
        Bottomlands
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOONE           CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DUPAGE
   EDWARDS         EFFINGHAM       FULTON          GALLATIN        HAMILTON
   HARDIN          JACKSON         JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE
   KENDALL         LAKE            LAWRENCE        MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY
   MCLEAN          MADISON         MASON           MASSAC          MENARD
   PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR
   SANGAMON        UNION           WABASH          WAYNE           WHITE
   WILL            WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:    Whorled
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:       Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Flowers are lined with purple; leaves are not unpleasantly scented when crushed;
     deeply furrowed bark; shorter clusters of flowers.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Yes
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  High
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   High
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     People may develop dermatitis from flowers; flower odor may
     be poisonous.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     SHORT-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Fair
 
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     WEEDINESS:   COLONIZING
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company numbers: 15,18,19,27,28,32
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Plant form - seedlings, balled and burlapped.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
Schwegman, J. E., G. D. Fell, M. Hutchison, G. Paulson, W. M. Shepherd, and
     J. White.  1973.  Comprehensive plan for the Illinois Nature Preserves
     System.  Part 2 - The Natural Divisions of Illinois.  Illinois Nature
     Preserves Commission, Springfield.  32 pp., plus map.
Miller, R. B., and L. R. Tehon.  1929.  The native and naturalized trees of
     Illinois.  Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 18: 1-340.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Catalpa speciosa
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015