Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Catalpa bignonioides

catalpa
  • Photo by: Rick Cantrell, Magnolia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Rick Cantrell, Magnolia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

catalpa

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Catalpa bignonioides

Familia:

Bignoniaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

40-50 (70) ft tall by to 35 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen or shade tree.

Consideraciones:

The foul-smelling crushed leaves, flower litter, seed pod litter, and root suckers can create a maintenance problem in residential landscapes.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seed and cuttings. Seedlings can sometimes be harvested from beneath mature trees.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Somewhat long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Slightly acidic to calcareous

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Caterpillars

Larval host for catalpa sphinx moth ( Ceratomia catalpae ) and tersa sphinx ( Xylophanes tersa ).


Attracts various pollinators including butterflies and bees. 

Hábitats nativos:

dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Extremely rot resistant wood was use for fence posts and rails. Wood was utilized where its soft, straight-grained, and low shrinkage properties were valuable. Occasional wood pieces and furniture parts were fashioned from catalpa. Sometimes grown to attract insects such as catawba worm (larva of the catalpa sphinx moth) which is used for fish bait.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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