Tree ID request

[ropensaddle]

That be a Catalpa image taken of a tree when the pods are green!

My original pic above was a winter-survivor pod, since that is what the OP is likely to be looking at. Look at the large, heart shaped leaves. (ignore the serrations if you blow up the image, as I think they are artifacts from the pixelation)

Perhaps southern, or maybe northern, but certainly Catalpa.

There is a bean tree that is not coffee or catalpa I remember seeing it in book or on my horticopia disk I will try to find it someday and see if my memory is correct!

 

[t613]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2682979179_6513be8483.jpg

Those are definitely the pods, although dry and split on the ground now.

Leaves are just now coming out.

Thanks again for all of the great help!

Tim

 

[pdqdl]

Rope, I checked ALL trees listed with the Dept. of Forest Resources at Virginia Tech. If they didn't list it as a bean-pod bearing tree, I'm willing to bet you aren't going to find it in your state.

Them be Catalpa!

 

[jefflovstrom]

There is a bean tree that is not coffee or catalpa I remember seeing it in book or on my horticopia disk I will try to find it someday and see if my memory is correct!

Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignomioides).
Jeff :msp_wink:

 

[pdqdl]

Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignomioides)= southern catalpa.

We may have a solution for Rope's "bean tree" dilemma; it's not very far from Indian bean tree to "plain ole bean tree".

Whatcha think, Rope?

 

[ropensaddle]

Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignomioides)= southern catalpa.

We may have a solution for Rope's "bean tree" dilemma; it's not very far from Indian bean tree to "plain ole bean tree".

Whatcha think, Rope?

Well bro could be I been putting in 12 hour plus days 6 per week for near a month. I could of been dreaming lol

 

[tree MDS]

Ok, I went nuts! Look at a few of these:
(most have pods too small and would never survive in Ct, but what the heck)

Albizia julibrissin Fact Sheet
Bignonia capreolata Fact Sheet
Caragana arborescens Fact Sheet
Cytisus scoparius Fact Sheet
Delonix regia Fact Sheet
Ebenopsis ebano Fact Sheet
Nerium oleander Fact Sheet
Sesbania punicea Fact Sheet
Robinia pseudoacacia Fact Sheet
Robinia neomexicana Fact Sheet
Robinia hispida Fact Sheet
Pueraria montana Fact Sheet
Prosopis pubescens Fact Sheet


Pretty much any of the Fabaceae family.

There are black locust trees all over the place here. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

People call catalpa trees "bean" trees here. Not arborists, but homeowners, generally.

Looks like the southern catalpa has a bit smaller leaves than the northern?

 

[ropensaddle]

There are black locust trees all over the place here. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

People call catalpa trees "bean" trees here. Not arborists, but homeowners, generally.

Looks like the southern catalpa has a bit smaller leaves than the northern?

Lol we are a focal point for non native trees it seems bless my monkey puzzle but don't think they are from this world. I think book says Mars We also have a pine that makes a rose cone I forget its name zambosia or some chit it ain't from here is all I remember lol. I guess back when Al capone used us for a hide out they planted some weird trees lol.

 

[pdqdl]

There are black locust trees all over the place here. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read on the internet. ...

I'm not sure what you mean by that? The quote you referenced from above was a supplement to my previous post that included locust, and included a photo of the pods as well. I did not attempt to differentiate between honeylocust and black locust, however.

It is certainly true that anything you read on the internet requires evaluation for accuracy & reliability. But that really isn't different than all the other misinformation we find in this world. Broadcast news, newspapers & other publications, books, radio, and even personal conversations are all fraught with inaccuracy and lies.

I have even been known to be wrong, so keep checking on me, too!

 

[tree MDS]

I'm not sure what you mean by that? The quote you referenced from above was a supplement to my previous post that included locust, and included a photo of the pods as well. I did not attempt to differentiate between honeylocust and black locust, however.

It is certainly true that anything you read on the internet requires evaluation for accuracy & reliability. But that really isn't different than all the other misinformation we find in this world. Broadcast news, newspapers & other publications, books, radio, and even personal conversations are all fraught with inaccuracy and lies.

I have even been known to be wrong, so keep checking on me, too!

I took your comment, and the little shaded in green area when I clicked on the black locust, to say they wouldn't survive here. When I click on the "states reporting black locust trees" link it shows a broader range. Don't mind me, I still needed more coffee.

 

[pdqdl]

Shucks. That's funny! I never looked at the distribution on that link I posted. You were looking pretty close, I think, to catch that oversight.

I haven't found anywhere that a black locust won't grow, except perhaps an everglades swamp. They are one of the toughest trees to kill around here.

Here is a link to similar info on black locust, showing a completely different map (USDA) that confirms my opinion about where they grow:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ROPS