Eastern Redbud

(Cercis canadensis)

Family: Fabaceae

Phylum: Anthophyta

CSU TREE MAP ITEM #64

Distribution

Native to eastern North America from southern Ontario, south to northern Florida but which can thrive as far west as California

By Elbert L. Little, Jr., of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and others - USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center: Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29764370

Leaves

By Klikini - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26486002

Flowering

By Greg Hume [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Fruit

By Photo by David J. Stang - source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60779277

Questions

Using the bark descriptors given in the handout, describe the type of bark this tree has.

Of the trees you visited today, which ones would be easiest to use bark as a key identifying characteristic?