PLANTS Profile for Paulownia tomentosa (princesstree)

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.
princesstree


Symbol:		PATO2
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Scrophulariaceae
Growth Habit:		Tree
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Photo of Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

Paulownia imperialis

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

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Plant Synonyms:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

PAIM7

Paulownia imperialis Siebold & Zucc.

Plant Distribution by State:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

State Distributional Map for Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

View 90 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 1 species in Paulownia

Classification:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Scrophulariales –
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Paulownia Sieb. & Zucc. – paulownia
Species	Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. – princesstree

Noxious Weed Information:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.

Connecticut:
princess tree		Potentially invasive, banned

Invasive Information:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

princess tree

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee(http://www.se-eppc.org/states/TN/TNIList.html, October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33460.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

Silvics of North America