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Catalpa speciosa

Catawba Tree, Monkey Cigar Tree

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Deciduous Tree

Size:

40 - 70 ft

Light:

Sun

Soil Moisture:

Mesic(*)

Bloom Time:

June

Bloom Area:

Sparse M, P

Blooms

Blooms can appear different

image

Black Mountain, Mid-June 2002
© MB Baumeister

Bloom Close Up

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Black Mountain, Mid-June 2002
© MB Baumeister

Seed Pods

AKA Monkey Cigars

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Black Mountain, August 2002
© MB Baumeister

Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

NCSU Plants
Duke Trees
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Calatpa / Catawba is host to the larva of the Spinx Moth (Ceratomia catalpae).  This is serious fresh water fishing bait in parts of the South, especially Louisiana. There is even a wholesale trade in Catawba Worms. Do a Google on that and see.
See also http://forestry.about.com/od/alternativeforest/ss/catalpa_6.htm

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