Cladrastis on campus! This species has such a strange distribution. . . #plants #botany #botanizing #cladrastiskentukea #trees #rareplants #nativeplants #nativetrees #northamerica #endemic #legume #fabaceae #nature #uiuc #universityofillinois #landscaping #nativelandscape #fall #illinois #midwest #yellowwood

Here’s one I don’t see every day on the streets of Manhattan… Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea). Notice the arrangement of the leaflets on these compound leaves. They are alternate and pinnate BUT with alternately-arranged leaflets. I don’t think I know of another local tree it does this, but maybe somebody else does. #citytrees #cladrastiskentukea #yellowwood #compoundleaves (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPHJiBbnwA6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Cladrastis kentuckea (yellowwood) #ncbg #northcarolinabotanicalgarden #unc #chapelhill #cladrastis #cladrastiskentukea #yellowwood #springflowers #trees #native #nativetrees #nativeplants #nativeflora #gffry (at North Carolina Botanical Garden)