Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Fabaceae | Cercis canadensis var. canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree | Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental. | MA, WI, and NE south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX. | |
Fabaceae | Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | Rocky limestone areas. | Scattered from nc. OK to e. and wc. TX, south into Mexico along the Sierra Madre Oriental. | |
Fabaceae | Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | Rocky limestone areas (especially on the Edwards Plateau), but also in calcareous ravines in the Coastal Plain. | E. and c. OK and TX, south into Mexico along the Sierra Madre Oriental; sometimes cultivated elsewhere, and beginning to escape, as in c. NC. | |
Fabaceae | Cercis chinensis | Chinese Redbud | Cultivated as an ornamental and landscaping plant, perhaps sometimes persistent (probably not naturalized at this time). | Native of China. |
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