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  Floridata: Catalpa bignonioides
The southern catalpa is an attractive small to medium sized deciduous tree that grows to about 25-50 ft (7.6-1.2 m) in height.
Catalpa has large tropical looking heart-shaped leaves that are up to 8 in (20.3 cm) long and held oppositely on the stems (often in a whorl with three leaves emerging from the same point along the stem).
Catalpa bignonioides southern catalpa is native to the southern United States from Georgia to Florida and west to Mississippi where it inhabits wooded natural levees, banks and the flood plains of the larger rivers.
www.floridata.com /ref/C/catalpa.cfm   (611 words)

  
  Catalpa
Catalpa Plantation is one of numerous late Victorian cottages found across Louisiana, significant for the beautiful gardens that surround it.
Catalpa Plantation House is important for its false marbled mantels.
Catalpa's alley is one of a limited number of plantation oak alleys which survive across the state.
www.nps.gov /history/nr/travel/louisiana/cat.htm   (354 words)

  
  Catalpa
Catalpa Plantation is one of numerous late Victorian cottages found across Louisiana, significant for the beautiful gardens that surround it.
Catalpa Plantation House is important for its false marbled mantels.
Catalpa's alley is one of a limited number of plantation oak alleys which survive across the state.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/louisiana/cat.htm   (354 words)

  
 Catalpa Tree Seed Company - LocalHarvest
The Northern Catalpa Tree is a medium to large deciduous tree with large, broad tropical-looking leaves.
Catalpa Tree Seed Co.'s emphasis is to provide quality seed to our friends, helping where we can to locate seed that my not be easy to find, and helping where it is needed.
Catalpa Tree Seed Company is a signer of the Safe Seed Pledge for all of the seeds in our stock and only works with growers and suppliers that also agree to the pledge as well.
www.localharvest.org /store/M9022?&p=2   (469 words)

  
 Catalpa Sphinx Caterpillar
Catalpa sphinx caterpillars have a distinctive fl "horn" on the end of their abdomen.
Catalpa sphinx overwinter as pupae in the soil and the adults emerge in May and lay eggs on new leaves.
Catalpa sphinx caterpillars, "catalpa worms," make excellent fish bait and at one time catalpas were grown in Florida in order to harvest the worms and sell them to fishermen.
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/entomology/factsheets/catspcat.html   (359 words)

  
 CRAZY FOR CATALPAS - Elisabeth Ginsburg
Held upright, on panicles similar to those of horse chestnut trees, individual catalpa blossoms are frilly and white, their two “lips” adorned with yellow stripes and purplish-brown speckles.
Unlike the tulip tree, the catalpa tends to be short-lived (one human generation, according to the reference books), and this may be why it isn’t more popular as a residential and street tree.
There are two catalpa varieties common in the United States: the Hardy Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), that can be found in the northeast and southern Midwest, and Southern Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides), found in the southeast, especially in the Gulf States.
www.backyardgardener.com /ginsburg/column138.html   (723 words)

  
 Carolina Biological: Wildlife of the Alligator River: The Catalpa Tree
There was a huge old catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) tree in the yard at the Anne Liverman Place, and a clump of yaupon grew on the field side next to it.
The catalpa was hollow, and a rectangular hole had been cut through to the hollow on one side.
Years before, the hole had been used as the base for the end of a lever pole used to crush the apples that grew nearby for cider, and scuppernongs that grew on the opposite side of the yard for juice and wine.
www.carolina.com /redwolf/stories/catalpa.asp   (480 words)

  
 Catalpa Tree Seed Company - Selling common and exotic seeds from all over the world.
Catalpa Tree Seed Company's emphasis is to provide quality seed to our friends, helping where we can to locate seed that my not be easy to find, and helping where we can, and where it is needed
Catalpa Tree Seed Company is doing our part to help stabilize this negative trend by providing Free Tree Seed at no cost to programs, individuals, groups, and others that wish to reclaim land that has been lost to misuse, clear cutting, natural ecological as well as manmade damage, and other many methods.
Additionally, Catalpa Tree Seed Company has been working with Tree Farms throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Pacific Rim countries, and European Union to help promote the beneficial use, reforestation, and to educate industry professionals to the benefits of tree farmed products and their inherent benefits to the environment.
www.catalpatreeseeds.com /index.asp   (959 words)

  
 catalpa
The Catalpa tree is native to the rich bottomlands of the central Mississippi River basin and has been widely planted in the eastern United States.3 It is found mostly in moist valley soils b streams, and naturalized in open areas such as roadsides and clearings.
Catalpa is also used in landscaping for its winter characteristics, lawn trees, park trees, and for its flowering effect.
Although the catalpa worm is a tree pest, it is known for its attractiveness to fish.
www-pub.naz.edu:9000 /~treewalk/catalpa/catalpa.htm   (549 words)

  
 Catalpa
Catalpa grows occasionally in TN and further north, but is really more common further south of us.
Catalpa makes poor ties, because the wood is relatively soft, weak, and not tough.
Catalpa will hold dimension well when properly dried, and is fairly easy to dry.
www.saw-online.com /Publications/articles/catalpa.htm   (397 words)

  
 Tree Details—The Tree Guide at arborday.org   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Northern Catalpa can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.
The Catalpa tree is found in forests from southern Illinois and Indiana to western Tennessee and Arkansas.
Catalpa worms, the larvae of Catalpa Sphinx Moths, are eagerly sought in early summer by anglers.
www.arborday.org /Trees/TreeGuide/TreeDetail.cfm?id=130   (332 words)

  
 Catalpa spp. english
The genus Catalpa is composed of 11 species native to North America [2], West Indies [5], and temperate Asia (China to Tibet) [4].
Catalpa is native to the central eastern United States, but is naturalized throughout the United States and Canada.
Catalpa trees are often planted as street trees and for shade in yards, but most often for their showy flowers.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/catalpa.html   (338 words)

  
 Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa - Family Bignoniaceae) Also called Indian Bean, Catawba, and Cigar Tree - Flowering ...
(Catalpa, Northern - 01a) Sometimes the leaves of the northern catalpa have lobes, as do the two that are in the upper left of the photo.
(Catalpa, Northern - 04a) In this photo of the northern catalpa, we can see the characteristically long stems on the leaves and the way they grow opposite to one another or are whorled.
(Catalpa, Northern - 10) This photo shows two of the maturing seed pods, and in the lower center of the photo is a small curved seed pod that stopped developing.
www.all-creatures.org /pica/ftshl-catalpa.html   (1074 words)

  
 Catalpa Classics | Frequently Asked Questions
Catalpa Classics has invested in the design of a logo and the securing of an assigned UPC number series, and has established relationships with audio engineers, graphic designers, post-production services, and manufacturers in order to ensure a consistently high-quality product.
Catalpa will help the ensemble budget for each recording, and will provide access to the label's logo, assign a UPC number to each release, and work with the distributor to solicit orders for each new title.
Catalpa was founded by the Eaken Piano Trio, the ensemble-in-residence at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and is administered by the label's staff together with it's associated ensembles.
www.catalpaclassics.com /about.html   (797 words)

  
 TANGMONKEY.COM [ REVIEW: Jolie Holland: Catalpa ]
Catalpa is a far cry from hollow feel-good music, however; it's the long, long tradition of American blues and folk, the thing that lets Holland's voice rise like a yellow dawn on "All The Morning Birds," hope and love blossoming despite a coat "old...
Bluegrass is not a genre for liars or pretenders: there is little room to hide in the sparest of arrangements, the melodies sleek as loons.
Catalpa is poignant and sure; it is altogether excellent and deserves to be heard.
www.tangmonkey.com /columns/105095065272673.php   (425 words)

  
 Catalpa
The Catalpa tree is easy to distinguish because of its leaves, flowers, fruits, twigs, bark, and form.
The Catalpa’s fruit consists of flattened seeds with 2 papery wings encased 8 to 18 inches long in capsules.
Northern catalpa is native to the Indiana and Illinois and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi.
www.ecusd7.org /ehs/ehsstaff/swible/MyWebs/catalpa.HTM   (484 words)

  
 Catalpa - DirtDoctor.com - Howard Garrett - The Dirt Doctor
Catalpa is found in damp woods along the edges of swamps and streams and has been used quite extensively in landscaping.
Catalpa can be rooted from hardwood cuttings taken in late summer, root cuttings can be successful when taken in December.
Chitalpa is a smaller deciduous hybrid that is a cross between the desert willow and catalpa.
www.dirtdoctor.com /view_question.php?id=853   (602 words)

  
 Species Description - Wellesley
* Catalpa grows rapidly, but it is often infested with insects and damaged by storms and frost.
The 'catawba worm' is a caterpillar that thrives on this tree and is popular for fish bait.
* Northern catalpa was chosen as the class tree of Wellesley's class of 1886, and it is shown at right and located across from the Shakespeare Society House.
www.wellesley.edu /Biology/Web/Species/pcatalpa.html   (160 words)

  
 The showy northern catalpa American Forests - Find Articles
This is the northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), a native to the central Mississippi River Valley but found in 17 states across the U.S. and in southern Canada.
The mature height of the northern catalpa ranges from 40 to 70 feet, while the mature spread is between 20 and 40 feet.
The northern catalpa is soil- and drought-tolerant and transplants easily; however, it prefers deep, moist, fertile, and well-drained soil.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1016/is_2_111/ai_n14860107   (928 words)

  
 Ohio Trees - Northern Catalpa
Northern Catalpa, native to a relatively small area of the central Mississippi Valley basin, has been extensively cultivated in Ohio for over 200 years, and is now naturalized in urban and rural areas, primarily used today as a large ornamental shade tree.
Farmers introduced Northern Catalpa to Ohio in order to produce large amounts of relatively lightweight timber for fenceposts, since the wood is very resistant to rotting.
The flowering structure of Northern Catalpa consists of a huge truss of individual flowers, each one of which has a corolla composed of fused white petals with small amounts of yellow, orange, and purple, upon close inspection.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/catalpa_nthrn.htm   (568 words)

  
 Catalpa Rescue
The 'Catalpa' adventure had it's beginning, as did the story of J. O'Reilly in the aftermath of the starvation of the Irish population following the 'so called Famine' of the late 1840's.
I say 'so called Famine' as it is hard to contemplate the famine when a Ireland was still exporting grain and livestock to England whilst the people starved and were subjected to eating grass and nettles to survive and had to watch as greedy landlords ordered the police to destroy their humble homes.
A decade before Catalpa embarked on her perilous journey, the centuries-old struggle for Irish independence was brought to a crisis by the revolutionary 19th-century Fenian movement in Ireland and America.
www.irishaustralia.com /Australian/Patriots/catalpa.htm   (2589 words)

  
 Northern Catalpa Information Sheet | Tree Information Sheets   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Northern catalpa is primarily used today as a large ornamental shade tree.
Catalpa is also susceptible to the decay fungus Polystictus versicolor.
Catalpa midge (Cecidomyia catalpae Comstock) causes leaf spots, injures terminal buds and branch tips, as well as seeds in the pods.
www.gardenguides.com /plants/factsheets/trees/factsheet.asp?symbol=CASP8   (785 words)

  
 CD Baby: JOLIE HOLLAND: Catalpa
What it is, is Jolie Holland, and the album is Catalpa, a series of homemade demos that mix [many styles]...and a songwriting talent of poetic grace...Holland¹s voice is a remarkably supple instrument; and her phrasing and the way she sidles up to notes is nearly miraculous.
Catalpa is flawed like a diamond is flawed, and it shines with a one-of-a-kind brilliance.
With "Catalpa" Jolie Holland humbly reveals herself to be an enchanting songstress, weaving together eloquence in lyrics with simplicity of melody to produce memorable songs and genuine art.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/jolieholland/from/celtic   (3136 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Catalpa: Music: Jolie Holland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Catalpa is an aberation in an age of slickly produced and packaged material: a murky, dim, low fidelity, home made confection, complete with the occasional cough from the musicians, off-harmonies, and tuning up jams.
Catalpa is a collection of stripped-down, low-fi songs that lie firmly in the hard-to-define crossroads of folk, country, blues, and jazz.
I've never reviewed a CD before now, but here goes: Catalpa is an honest and raw CD made by a woman that dares to create a new genre of contemporary music by recreating sounds and styles of what has long since passed in american popular culture.
www.amazon.com /Catalpa-Jolie-Holland/dp/B0000DJYMJ   (1839 words)

  
 Catalpa trees and fishing worms
Catalpa worms are large, fat, green worms that look very similar to a tomato hornworm.
Found only in the Catalpa tree, which grows only in the deep south, the catalpa "worm" is really a catapilla that exclusively eats the leaves of the Catalpa tree, spins communal cocoons, and emerges as I don't know what.
The "worm" on the catalpa trees are green worms and at maturity are 3-4 inches long and 1/2 inch (approx) in diameter.
www.landsteward.com /page.cfm/3470   (899 words)

  
 Ohio Trees, Bulletin 700-00, Catalpa – Catalpa
The smaller size of the southern catalpa makes it desirable for small properties, but the litter is a concern in those situations.
Often the southern catalpa was confused with the northern or hardy catalpa for reforestation purposes.
The hardy catalpa was originally native from southwestern Indiana to southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas.
ohioline.osu.edu /b700/b700_66.html   (552 words)

  
 Catalpa - Jolie Holland - Pandora Internet Radio
Catalpa is her first album, but it wasn't recorded as such.
While her worldview is mostly modern, its articulation is rooted in a mythical, metonymic America that ceased to exist long before Greil Marcus ever thought about writing Invisible Republic.
Catalpa is a place of scribbles and ciphers.
www.pandora.com /music/album/89a81cf843cfac3a   (407 words)

  
 Catalpa speciosa
Northern catalpa is a medium to large, deciduous tree that typically grows to 40-70’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with an irregular, open-rounded to narrow-oval crown.
The leaves of this species do not emit an unpleasant aroma when bruised as is the case with the similar southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides).
A mature, symmetrically rounded catalpa tree can be a tree of great beauty, particularly in spring when the foliage is young and the flowers are in bloom.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A856   (414 words)

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