Catalpa speciosa Teas. Common name: Northern Catalpa. Phenology: May-Jul; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, and mesic upland forests (as a native), also old fields, roadsides, moist disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, eastwards of its native range escaped or persistent after cultivation, and sometimes thoroughly naturalized. Distribution: Apparently native in the upper Mississippi River Embayment of s. IN and s. IL, south to w. TN and e. AR; early naturalized in a more widespread area.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NeUS, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Manning (2000), Olsen & Kirkbride (2017); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Catalpa speciosa Teas 1875

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
• Great Plains: FACU
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 5