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 Kentucky
Kentucky and its residents are most well known for thoroughbred horses and horse racing, local bourbon whisky distilleries, bluegrass music and enthusiasm for basketball, particularly for the two principal basketball rivals in the state—the blue and white Wildcats of the University of Kentucky and the red and fl Cardinals of the University of Louisville.
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union and Isaac Shelby, a war hero from Virginia, was elected the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
The flat broom was invented by the Shakers in Kentucky at Pleasant Hill Settlement in the 19th century.
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 Ohio Trees - Kentucky Coffeetree
Kentucky Coffeetree, easily recognized in summer by its huge compound leaves, and in winter by its bold outline, is present throughout much of Ohio, but is primarily found in the western half of the state, where the soils are more alkaline.
Kentucky Coffeetree often goes unnoticed when in flower in late spring, because the floral petals are small and compete with the emerging bronzed foliage for attention.
Part of the beauty of Kentucky Coffeetree in winter is the flares of bark that originate from its branches and upper trunk in winter.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/coffeetree_ky.htm   (796 words)

  
 FOR-8 KENTUCKY COFFEETREE: THE STATE TREE OF KENTUCKY
The Kentucky coffeetree is the only state tree that carries the name of its host state as part of its common name.
Kentucky coffeetree is a medium to large tree, usually reaching a height of 75 to 100 feet and a diameter of 2 ½ feet.
Flaky bark and coarse branches are typical of the Kentucky coffeetree.
www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/for/for8/for8.htm   (1757 words)

  
 TCA - Kentucky Coffee Tree
Kentucky coffeetree, in spite of its name, is a Minnesota native.
Kentucky coffeetree is a dioecious species with imperfect flowers that are white to purplish.
The bark and branching of a Kentucky coffeetree.
www.mntca.org /Reference_manual/Tree_info/tca__kentucky_coffee_tree.htm   (346 words)

  
 Kentucky's State Tree - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
The Kentucky Coffee Tree is a medium to large tree, usually reaching a height of 75 to 100 feet and a diameter of 2 1/2 feet.
The debate, lasting two years, was temporarily resolved on February 16, 1976 when the Kentucky Coffee Tree became the first official state tree of Kentucky by S.B. The act was celebrated on Arbor Day with the planting of a Kentucky Coffee Tree on the grounds of the Capitol by Governor Julian Carroll.
Advocates for the "Keep the Kentucky Coffee Tree" countered with the argument that the Tulip Poplar was already the state tree for neighbors Tennessee and Indiana, and Indiana already shared the cardinal with Kentucky as the state bird.
www.kdla.ky.gov /resources/kytree.htm   (1881 words)

  
 Kentucky Coffee Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A native of the midwestern United States, the slow-growing Kentucky Coffeetree reaches 80 feet tall and 50 feet wide in the open.
The wood of Kentucky coffeetree is ring porous, resembling ash, honeylocust or oak.
Kentucky coffeetree is used in some cabinet making, mostly by local and regional shops.
starcraftcustombuilders.com /nebraska.woods.kentuckycoffeetree.htm   (234 words)

  
 Kentucky coffeetree: a tree for all occasions. | Manufacturing > Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing from ...
Despite its name, Kentucky coffeetree is better used as a specialty wood or for furniture than as a drink.
Despite the fact that Kentucky coffeetree has a relatively large growing area, it does not grow plentifully and is considered a scarce wood.
Kentucky coffeetree has double-compound leaves that are 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, with 40 to 60 leaflets.
www.allbusiness.com /furniture-related/office-furniture-including/491789-1.html   (580 words)

  
 Top20Kentucky.com - Your Top20 Guide to Kentucky!
Kentucky and its residents are probably most well known for thoroughbred horses and horse racing, local whisky distilleries, and enthusiasm for basketball (The two principal basketball rivals in the state are the University of Kentucky (blue and white, Wildcats) and the University of Louisville (red and fl, Cardinals)).
Kentucky's pastimes are distinctly those of the South, and sports rivalries between the University of Kentucky and the Universities of Tennessee and North Carolina have long existed.
Kentucky was a border state during the American Civil War and for a time had two state governments, one supporting the Confederacy and one supporting the Union.
top20kentucky.com   (1513 words)

  
 Tree Details—The Tree Guide at arborday.org
The Kentucky Coffeetree can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.
The Kentucky Coffeetree grows to be 60' - 75' feet in height.
The Kentucky Coffeetree is native to the central states of America from Pennsylvania to Nebraska and from Minnesota to Oklahoma.
www.arborday.org /Trees/TreeGuide/TreeDetail.cfm?ID=133   (376 words)

  
 coffeetree
Kentucky Coffeetree is a medium sized, deciduous tree, native to the midwestern United States.
This resulted in many volunteer Coffeetrees infiltrating the gardens and gutters of Tom Hudspeth, the professor who lived there, and he regularly gave trees away to all takers.
After a contentous and highly politicized forty year battle, and despite rallying cries from the opposition lobbying passionately for the Coffeetree, in 1994 that honor was bestowed upon the Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, a member of the Magnolia family.
www.uvm.edu /~uvmtrees/meet/sitesAsSubmittedByStudents/kentuckycoffeetree.htm   (578 words)

  
 FEBRUARY 2006 PLANT OF THE MONTH
Kentucky coffeetree has a rather broad native range, occurring from central New York to southern Minnesota and eastern Nebraska, and southwest through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
The common name "coffeetree" seems appropriate given the fact native Americans and early settlers in Kentucky brewed a hot, coffee-like beverage from its roasted seeds, however, the drink was fl and bitter, and probably bore little resemblance to coffee as we know it.
Naked branch is an apt name since the leaves of coffeetree emerge late in the spring and fall rather early in the autumn, hence the tree is "naked" or without leaves for a good part of the year.
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 Kentucky Coffee Tree Facts
If you have a high speed connection, view enlargements of all pictures of the Kentucky Coffeetree on a single page.
Another alternative is to choose one of the photos of the Kentucky Coffee tree - Gymnocladus dioicus - above to see an enlargement and description, or choose Next to view the enlargements in sequence.
The Kentucky Coffee Tree is native to the midwestern and eastern United States.
www.wcisel.com /plants/kentuckycoffeetree   (303 words)

  
 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tickets, Kentucky Derby Winners, etc...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tickets, Kentucky Derby Winners, etc...
mccabe 2:03 2/5 1913 donerail 1977 seattle slew (1977) affirmed (1978) kentucky derby is one of the 19th cent., kentucky was primarily a state of the banks' creditors.
All about Kentucky Derby Winners Outputs are horses, cattle, tobacco, dairy products, hogs, soybeans, corn; industry: transportation equipment, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, food processing, tobacco products, coal, and tourism.
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 Gymnocladus dioicus english
The Kentucky coffeetree is medium size, reaching 100 ft (30 m) tall and 3 ft (1 m) in diameter.
The wood of Kentucky coffeetree is ring porous, resembling ash, honeylocust or sassafras.
The seeds were used by the pioneers as a coffee substitute ("coffeetree").
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/gymnoeng.html   (382 words)

  
 Kentucky's Forest Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kentucky has one of the most diverse hardwood species mix in the nation.
The largest recorded tree in Kentucky is a sycamore on Grassy Creek in Montgomery County.
The Kentucky Coffeetree is the state heritage tree.
www.forestry.ky.gov /forestfacts   (650 words)

  
 Northscaping Landscape And Garden Plant Search
Kentucky Coffeetree has forest green foliage throughout the season.
Kentucky Coffeetree is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth.
Kentucky Coffeetree will grow to be about 70 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 45 feet.
www.northscaping.com /Tools/LandscapePlantSearch.asp?194   (305 words)

  
 Northscaping Info Zone - Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There is a fascinating story behind the name of the Kentucky coffeetree.
If you need a large shade tree for a prominent location, the Kentucky coffeetree is definitely worth a try.
Kentucky coffeetree is a member of the Legume family (same as peas and beans), and as such, is able to produce its own nitrogen.
www.northscaping.com /InfoZone/FS-0046/FS-0046.shtml   (269 words)

  
 Ohio Trees, Bulletin 700-00, Gymnocladus – Kentucky Coffeetree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Coffeetrees are large, deciduous trees with stout branches.
The common name of this tree derives from the one- time use of the roasted seeds as an inferior substitute for coffee.
The Kentucky coffeetree is found from central New York to Tennessee and west to Minnesota and Oklahoma.
ohioline.osu.edu /b700/b700_48.html   (396 words)

  
 Kentucky Coffeetree
Distribution: From central New York and southern Ontario west to southern Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota south to central Kansas, southern Oklahoma east to Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The Tree: The Kentucky coffeetree is medium size, reaching 100 ft (30 m) tall and 3 ft
General Wood Characteristics: The wood of Kentucky coffeetree is ring porous, resembling ash, honeylocust or sassafras.
www.windsorplywood.com /nam_hardwoods/kent_coffeetree.html   (473 words)

  
 Trees of Winona State University
's first Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnacladus dioicus) was planted on campus in the early 1990s.
An interesting feature of the Kentucky Coffeetree is its large, hard seeds, which were used in a type of dice game played by Native American Indians.
The bark is deeply furrowed gray to dark brown and the leaves have large, bipinnately compound blue-green leaves.
www.winona.edu /publications/treebook/765.htm   (218 words)

  
 Ace Magazine/A&E/Kentucky's new poet laureate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I want to work with others, especially young people, to exercise their creative intelligence," Richard Taylor explained, as he drank coffee in the new Kentucky Coffeetree Café next to Poor Richard's Books, the bookstore he and his wife Liz own in downtown Frankfort.
He was one of Kentucky's early Poets-in-the-Schools and for four years was on a panel of the National Endowment for the Arts relating to arts education in the schools.
Kentucky still has a lot of its visual history intact, unlike a lot of places that have had more development.
www.aceweekly.com /acemag/backissues/990120/a&e_990120.html   (1727 words)

  
 Kentucky
Placed on a navy blue field is the seal and words "Commonwealth of Kentucky".
They are acting out the meaning of Kentucky's motto: "United We Stand; Divided We Fall".
Mountainous in east;rounded hills of the Knobs in the north; Bluegrass, heart of the state; wooded rocky hillsides of the Pennroyal; western coal fields; the fertile Purchase in the southwest.
www.angelfire.com /ny2/ZooBie/Kentucky.html   (143 words)

  
 Kentucky Coffeetree, UA Fort Smith Arboretum, UA Fort Smith
Kentucky Coffeetree, UA Fort Smith Arboretum, UA Fort Smith
The Kentucky Coffetree is widely used as an ornamental and street tree.
UA Fort Smith is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these websites.
www.uafortsmith.edu /Arboretum/KentuckyCoffeetree   (370 words)

  
 Gymnocladus dioica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kentucky coffeetree or coffeetree is a tall deciduous tree with rough, scaly gray-brown bark and large bipinnate compound leaves.
Native Americans and early American settlers, especially those in the Kentucky territory, roasted and ground the seeds to brew a coffee-like beverage (albeit no caffeine), hence the common name.
Seeds are very toxic prior to roasting, and should never be eaten fresh off the tree.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A872   (276 words)

  
 KENTUCKY COFFEETREE
Interesting bark and coarse texture of branches and seed pods add winter interest.
Kentucky Coffeetree is a large upright oval to rounded tree, broadening with age.
It has a rather irregular, coarse outline in the winter.
www.mnpower.com /treebook/fact37.html   (102 words)

  
 Kentucky's Capital Getaway Southern Living - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Frankfort, Kentucky, a delightful surprise tucked into the hills of the Bluegrass State, rests between Louisville and Lexington.
Poor Richard's Books, Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe, and Completely Kentucky (which specializes in regional crafts) are also must-sees.
The fried shrimp is good, the flberry cobbler is great, and the view of the Kentucky River from your table is just mesmerizing.
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 Kentucky coffeetree - Poisonous Plant Information
Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a tree that is occasionally planted as an ornamental in the warmer parts of Canada.
The seeds and fruit pulp of this tree have poisoned humans and cattle.
In one case in Maryland, 11 sheep died within 24 h of ingesting fresh cuttings from the Kentucky coffeetree (Hill and Duke 1985).
www.cookiebabyinc.com /poisonousplants/kentuckycoffeetree.html   (390 words)

  
 Kentucky Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kentucky history, agriculture, business, census, population and economic information.
Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state on June 1, 1792
Location: Kentucky is bounded to the west, north and east
www.louisville.edu /~easchn01/kentucky/kiptext.html   (143 words)

  
 Kentucky Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Trace Kentucky history as the 120 counties were created:
Kentucky Motto: United we stand, divided we fall
Kentucky became the 15th state on June 1, 1792
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 Kentucky State Flower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kentucky State Bird is the Kentucky Cardinal - Kentucky Unit Study.
Old Kentucky Home State bird: Cardinal State tree: Tulip poplar (replaced Kentucky Coffeetree in 1994) State flower: Goldenrod State fish:...
Information about all the symbols of Kentucky including the state flag and the state seal.
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