Index / Search / Paulownia tomentosa
§1 Plant
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.
vernacular princesstree — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Paulownia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 324 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 70 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 60 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 2,820,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 324 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clay 21051
- Cumberland 21057
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Martin 21159
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Blount 47009
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Houston 47083
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 77 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PATO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170823 ↗Record version
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