Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Bignoniaceae | Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa, Indian-bean | Bottomlands and streambanks (as a native), escaped or persistent after cultivation. | S. SC, s. GA, ne. FL, n. peninsular FL, and Panhandle FL west to s. MS (or LA?), on the Coastal Plain, early naturalized in a more widespread area, and now extending north to CT and MI. | ![]() |
Bignoniaceae | Catalpa ovata | Chinese Catalpa | Suburban woodlands. | Native of China. Introduced in WV, MD, DC, PA, and other northeastern states (Manning 2000; Kartesz 1999), and showing signs of becoming invasive. | ![]() |
Bignoniaceae | Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa | 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. | 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. | ![]() |