Plants > Deciduous Trees
The Winged Elm (Ulmus alata), celebrated historically as the Wahoo, is an architecturally distinctive and rugged native deciduous tree widespread across the southeastern United States. Instantly recognized by the prominent, bizarre, corky wing-like ridges that run...
Plants > Trees & Shrubs
Platycarya (Platycarya strobilacea) is a fascinating, evolutionary unique flowering hardwood tree that bridges the appearance of broadleaf angiosperms and cone-bearing conifers. Belonging to its own distinct monotypic genus within the walnut family (Juglandaceae),...
Plants > Fabaceae
The Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a majestic, ancient legume tree that produces the largest leaves of any native tree in North America, with colossal twice-compound leaves spanning up to three feet long. An evolutionary anachronism whose rock-hard,...
Plants > Fabaceae
The Kentucky Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) is one of the rarest and most spectacularly beautiful native deciduous trees in North America. Revered for its smooth, beech-like silvery-grey bark, brilliant yellow heartwood, and colossal, wisteria-like drooping panicles...
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