Taxon

Cladrastis kentukea

 
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Cladrastis kentukea - American yellowwood, Kentucky yellowwood
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: American yellowwood, Kentucky yellowwood
Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
Synonym: Cladrastis lutea
Distribution: e. United States
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
NatureServe Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Comments: A wonderful native, deciduous tree growing 30-40' tall and wide in the landscape. Leaves are pinnately compound, blue-green in summer, turning clear yellow in fall. White pea-like, fragrant flowers are produced in late May on pendulous terminal panicles, sometimes over a foot long. This tree will often bloom heavily one year and lightly for the following two. Very few insect or disease problems. Wonderful as a shade tree or specimen.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • NatureServe Explorer • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: ADG: AR15 (AR15) • Accession: D1971-0012.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: AZA: AZ18 (AZ18) • Accession: D1938-0009.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: BRC: BT09 (BT09) • Accession: D0000-0140.001
  • 4: DWD: AB04 (AB04) • Accession: D1988-0403.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: DWD: AC04 (AC04) • Accession: D1926-0014.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: DWD: AC04 (AC04) • Accession: D1926-0014.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: DWD: AC04 (AC04) • Accession: D1926-0014.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: DWD: AE03 (AE03) • Accession: D2002-0769.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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