Catalpa bignonioides

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBignoniaceae
Family (Traditional)Bignoniaceae
GenusCatalpa
Species:Catalpa bignonioides Walter
Common NameSouthern Catalpa
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value 0
StatusNative; AGCP (UPL), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G3G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Catalpa catalpa Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Boyd (KY), Bracken (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Graves (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Hickman (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Logan (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Mason (KY), Nelson (KY), Nicholas (KY), Perry (KY), Rowan (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Carroll (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dyer (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100311388 Graves Kentucky 18 Jul 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4109
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120210 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120199 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120208 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU013356 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020658 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Oct 1992 Kelly M. Skelton
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020680 Davidson Tennessee 11 Nov 1984 Don Spires
50
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020656 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Sep 1979
27
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020675 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Sep 2003
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020662 Davidson Tennessee 12 Oct 1984 Melissa Tucker
113
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020668 Rutherford Tennessee 04 Jul 1956 E. Rucker
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020672 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Sep 1979 W. M. Ponath
18
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020688 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Sep 1980 Thad Couto
12
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020678 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Oct 2003 David Palmer
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311412 Nicholas Kentucky 13 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25132
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199336 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120381 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120205 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120212 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022027 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0055550 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020684 Davidson Tennessee 10 Sep 1981 Pat Hayes
98
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020670 Franklin Tennessee 07 Sep 2008 Brian Huber
97
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020671 Bedford Tennessee 22 Sep 2000 Angela Cathey
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020679 Davidson Tennessee 30 Sep 1983 John Swanson
10
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020717 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Sep 1987 Linda Thorburn
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020691 Rutherford Tennessee Steve Edwards
43
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020681 Logan Kentucky 02 Oct 1983 Elisabeth Stanley
31
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311347 Bracken Kentucky 21 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24837
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311438 Perry Kentucky 21 Jun 1986 E. thornsberry
103
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
MDKY00008318 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199340 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199334 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120201 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0117237 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022021 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120157 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120382 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU005336 Hickman Kentucky
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020660 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1998 Sherry Prayter
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020685 Rutherford Tennessee 13 May 1970 K. Blum
1
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020676 Coffee Tennessee 01 Sep 1990 Carolyn Ridner
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UCHT026492 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311396 Marshall Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 R. L. Jones
8067
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
BEREA010087 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120211 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022020 Christian Kentucky 20 May 1967
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0077705 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020655 Davidson Tennessee 02 Nov 1980 Becky Stevens
59
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020683 Wilson Tennessee 12 Oct 1990 Greg Anderson
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020663 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Jun 1983 Kurt E. Blum
3997
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020690 Coffee Tennessee John Casey
28
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020674 Williamson Tennessee Sept 20-something, 1986 Mike Uss
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020664 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Sep 2002 Richie Wyckoff
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020659 Davidson Tennessee 18 Oct 1995 Denis A. Bekaert
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020687 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Jun 1961 E. Rucker
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UOS01640 Grundy Tennessee 24 May 1969 Randy Johnson
UOS
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311362 Clinton Kentucky 10 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-509
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311354 Bracken Kentucky 21 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24837
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199339 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199337 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199374 Harlan Kentucky
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022028 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120209 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022010 Boyd Kentucky 07 Jun 1998 Chris Fleming
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120213 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120204 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0077706 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU005339 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020666 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Jun 1983 John H. Rhee
3
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020689 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Sep 1995 Kim Wilkerson
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UTM01807 Tennessee
UTM
Catalpa bignonioides
UCHT039247 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Catalpa bignonioides
31234100311370 Cumberland Kentucky 07 Sep 1997 R. C. Clark
23,809
EKY
Catalpa bignonioides
BEREA010088 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU008168 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199331 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199333 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199335 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120214 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120200 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0022018 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU005340 Sumner Tennessee
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU005338 Hickman Kentucky
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020665 Grundy Tennessee 17 Sep 1989 G. Todd Crabtreee
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020657 Sumner Tennessee 10 Oct 1991 M R Stewart
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199375 Boyd Kentucky
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0101622 Cumberland Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120203 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0032348 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120202 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
HTTU005337 Hickman Kentucky
HTTU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020669 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Oct 2007 Glenn M. Rohrbach
46
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020673 Robertson Tennessee 29 Sep 1999 Mary Ann Landrum
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013827 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013825 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013830 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UTM01808 Tennessee
UTM
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013833 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013826 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020686 Franklin Tennessee Jun 20 V. Francis
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020661 Wilson Tennessee Gerald Andrews
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UOS01631 Mason Kentucky 14 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
UOS
Catalpa bignonioides
BEREA025359 Davidson Tennessee
BEREA
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013832 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013828 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013829 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
BEREA010089 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199338 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
TENN-V-0199332 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Catalpa bignonioides
APSC0120206 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Catalpa bignonioides
MTSU020682 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Oct 1991 Lisa Wilson
MTSU
Catalpa bignonioides
UCHT026490 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Catalpa bignonioides
UCHT026491 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013831 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
MEM002046 Harlan Kentucky 20 May 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
5395
MEM
Catalpa bignonioides
UOS01635 Franklin Tennessee 16 May 1998 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Catalpa bignonioides
ETSU013834 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Catalpa bignonioides
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Catalpa bignonioides - Theo Witsell
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Catalpa bignonioides - Joey Shaw
Catalpa bignonioides - Joey Shaw