WOOD.—Light, soft, weak, coarse-grained, light brown, with very thin, almost white sapwood; very durable in contact with the soil.
NOTES.—A native of Illinois, Indiana, and the states adjoining on the south, but much planted in Michigan as a shade and ornamental tree. Closely resembles C. bignonioides, but is a larger and hardier tree.
Catalpa
1. Winter twig, × 1.
2. Leaf, × 3/8.
3. Panicle of flowers, × 1/3.