Tree ID

[saewoody]

Anybody know what kind of tree this is. It's in central CT.

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[U.P.Boiler]

Black locus

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[Tom123]

I'm pretty sure that's a Catalpa tree.


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[Sodbuster]

+1 for Catalpa, pods are the give away.

 

[saewoody]

+1 for Catalpa, pods are the give away.

After looking up Catalpa tree online, I believe you gentlemen are correct. Not sure I had seen one before, definitely haven't heard the name before. Thanks.


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[CincyBurner]

+1 on catalpa (Catalpa speciosa). Some people call it "cigar tree" because of the bean-shaped fruit (saewoody: You can see in crown of tree in your pic). Leaf pattern is whorled http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=25
Catalpa wood is light and not much good for firewood, but I've been told that the catalpa hornworm caterpillar that frequently feed on its leaves makes for good fish (bass) bait. https://bygl.osu.edu/node/767

 

[Rangerbait]

Black locus

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Haha

 

[Jags]

Vanilla bean tree - your RICH...or catalpa, which is pretty darn soft stuff (i.e. Not rich)

P.S. - just joking about the vanilla bean tree, so don 't go hitting up google and wasting your time.

 

[Sodbuster]

After looking up Catalpa tree online, I believe you gentlemen are correct. Not sure I had seen one before, definitely haven't heard the name before. Thanks.


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LOL that was an easy one for me, and I'm not good at tree ID. We used to live on a street named Catalpa, that was lined with Catalpa trees. Pods made a heck of a mess clogging the storm severs. Roots were invasive to if I recall correctly.

 

[trguitar]

Beautiful flowers on that tree. One of my favorites.

 

[Soundchasm]

On Dad's old property somebody had planted a grove of them ostensibly to help get rid of standing water.

Didn't really work all that well...

 

[Fuut Master]

+1 for Catalpa also.

 

[armanidog]

Dark slender pods, a foot or longer, hung from all the limbs of that tree better known as the catalpa.




Supposedly, the tree was a totem for the Catawba indians, and it was only due to a transcription error by a botanist that the name "Catalpa," rather than "Catawba" was applied to the tree. To my way of thinking, it’s one of those humble trees that doesn’t get its due respect. With a thick covering of heart-shaped leaves it provides a protected refuge for many species of birds.
If you want to catch catfish, remember this:
The tree is favored by the Catalpa Sphinx moth. The caterpillars of that moth eat the leaves of the catalpa, and are such an excellent live bait for fishing that some dedicated anglers maintain small groves of the trees, just to have a reliable source of "catawba-worms".




Indians smoked the catalpa seed pods for the hallucinogenic effect, which is why the tree became known as the "Indian Cigar Tree." I’d be more than happy to report on anyone else’s experience in this regard. I believe I’ll pass, but I do have a couple of pods for anyone who wants to give it a try.

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Bream, bass, etc love catawba worms. And the worms are tough, you can usually catch 2-3 fish with the same worm.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Catalpa. The leaves have a distinct shape and can get very big. The combination of the fruit and leaf shape make it an easy one to remember.

 

[fbelec]

catalpa stinks when you burn it. it also has it's own smell when split yuk