Index / Search / Koelreuteria paniculata
§1 Plant
Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.
vernacular goldenrain tree — species · Sapindaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Sapindaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Koelreuteria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 58 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 26–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–8
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 45 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 2,900
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 58 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/KOPA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5421180 ↗Record version
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