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Catalpa bignonioides

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Southern Catalpa

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Data deficientIUCN
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157448
Element CodePDBIG06010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNData deficient
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyBignoniaceae
GenusCatalpa
Other Common Names
Catalpa commun (FR) southern catalpa (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Biotics v1
Review Date2020-04-15
Change Date2020-04-15
Edition Date2001-01-19
Edition AuthorsMacBryde, Bruce (2001), rev. Treher (2020)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 300
Rank Reasons
Catalpa bignonioides is to the native in the southeastern United States on the Gulf Coastal Plain (western Florida and southwestern Georgia to Mississippi, and possibly, Louisiana). The species is cultivated much more extensively, and has sometimes naturalized. It occurs natively in rich moist soil along streambanks and riverbanks, in floodplain forests and low woodlands, and on natural levees. Threats and trends are not known.
Range Extent Comments
Catalpa bignonioides occurs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi but is widely introduced and naturalized around the world.
Occurrences Comments
According to Weakley (2015), the species is common in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisana, and uncommon or occasional in Florida and Georgia (Wunderlin 1998).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNA
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioSNANo
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
IowaSNANo
NebraskaSNANo
GeorgiaS3Yes
TennesseeSNANo
MississippiS4Yes
IndianaSNANo
MichiganSNANo
AlabamaSNRYes
New YorkSNANo
OhioSNANo
West VirginiaSNANo
MarylandSNANo
FloridaSNRYes
ArizonaSNANo
UtahSNANo
CaliforniaSNANo
MissouriSNANo
MassachusettsSNANo
North DakotaSNANo
VermontSNANo
IllinoisSNANo
South CarolinaSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNANo
LouisianaSNRYes
WisconsinSNANo
KentuckySNANo
MaineSNANo
VirginiaSNANo
DelawareSNANo
OklahomaSNANo
North CarolinaSNANo
ConnecticutSNANo
ArkansasSNANo
New MexicoSNANo
New JerseySNANo
PennsylvaniaSNANo
TexasSNANo
Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL, DECIDUOUS
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
Pine Mountain Wilderness ContiguousTonto National Forest6,518
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Yellowhammer Branch (add.)Nantahala National Forest1,255
Texas (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little Lake CreekNational Forests in Texas596
References (12)
  1. Brown, C.L., and L.K. Kirkman. 1990. Trees of Georgia and adjacent states. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR. 291 pp.
  2. Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 58:99-242.
  3. Elias, T. S. 1980. The Complete Trees of North America Field Guide and Natural History. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, New York. 948 pp.
  4. Godfrey, R.K. 1988. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines of northern Florida and adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens. 734 pp.
  5. Godfrey, R.K., and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens. 933 pp.
  6. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  7. Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.
  8. Stones, M., with L. Urbatsch. 1991. Flora of Louisiana. Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 220 pp.
  9. Thomas, R.D., and C.M. Allen. 1996. Atlas of the vascular flora of Louisiana. Volume 2: Dicotyledons, Acanthaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Louisiana Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 213 pp.
  10. Weakley, A.S. 2000. Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia: working draft of May 15, 2000. Unpublished draft, The Nature Conservancy, Southern Resource Office.
  11. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2015-05-29.pdf (Accessed 2015).
  12. Wunderlin, R.P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 806 pp.