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Cladrastis kentukea

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Yellowwood 

FAMILY: FABACEAE

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About Yellowwood at OSU's Landscape Plants site

  • Native to southwestern U.S.
  • Height seldom exceeds 80’.
  • Compound leaves with 5-9 leaflets that alternate on the leaf stem (rare for the family). Fall foliage is yellow.
  • Flower resembles white wisteria and hangs in clusters 12” long. Fruit are a dry, 3" seed pods that look like pea pods and tend to appear in alternate years.
  • Heartwood is bright yellow.
  • Uncommon in Portland. #132 is largest of five in a row.
Tree #LocationDimensionsPhoto and Notes
132

SE 28th & Woodstock

Right of Way

66' Height

63' Spread

13.2' Circ.

This tree is just south of the intersection of SE 28th & Woodstock Blvd, inside a fence on Eastmoreland Golf Course.

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