French names:
Chicot févier Family: Legume Family (Fabaceae), (Cassia Family (Caesalpiniaceae)) Distinctive features: Tree; Doubly compound leaves, very large. Flowers: Spring, Summer Leaves: Alternate, Compound, Entire Habitat:
Open areas, woods. Books: Trees in Canada: 212 Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Rare.
Notes:
The Kentucky Coffee Trees featured in the photos on this page are located in the Niagara Glen, the Royal Botanical Gardens Arboretunm (Burlington), and the University of Guelph Arboretum (Guelph).
Photographs:
161 photographs available, of which 14 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
Sign in front of a Kentucky Coffee Tree at the University of Guelph Arboretum, Guelph, Ontario. These trees are very rare in Ontario.
In the winter, showing the overall shape and form of a mature tree.
Winter twigs.
Buds just starting to open.
Leaves just starting to come out in early June, and unopened flower buds.
Buds.
Flowers, in late June.
Another picture of the flowers.
Leaves starting to show their unique doubly-compound form, opening in the spring (June 10).
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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