Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch - Pea familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: White, Green, Brown
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Kentucky Coffeetree: Hyphantria cunae, Lymantria dispar, Orgyia leucostigma, Syssphinx bicolor, Syssphinx bisecta
Native Range
- USA: Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Ontario
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.