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Scientific Name:
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. (ITIS)
Common Name:
Princess tree, empress tree, royal paulownia
Native To:
China (Longbrake and McCarthy 2001)
Date of U.S. Introduction:
1840s (Longbrake and McCarthy 2001)
Means of Introduction:
Introduced as an ornamental (Innes 2009)
Impact:
Grows and produces seeds rapidly, and displaces native species in disturbed areas (Innes 2009)
Distribution / Maps / Survey Status
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
Provides state, county, point and GIS data. Maps can be downloaded and shared.
Images
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
Videos
Google. YouTube; University of Maryland. Home & Garden Information Center.
Selected Resources
The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source. Or, to display all related content view all resources for Princess Tree.
Council or Task Force
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Partnership
IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
USDA. FS. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Federal Government
USDA. FS. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fire Sciences Laboratory.
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.
State and Local Government
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Forest Service.
See also: Forest Health Publications for more Invasive Species Leaflets
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
See also: Invasive Plant Fact Sheets for plant species (trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and aquatic plants) that have impacted the state's natural lands
Academic
University of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Flora Project of Morris Arboretum.
See also: Invasive Plant Fact Sheets for additional invasive plants in Pennsylvania
North Carolina State University. Cooperative Extension. Going Native: Urban Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants.
Citations
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Paulownia tomentosa. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].
- Innes, R.J. 2009. Paulownia tomentosa. In: Fire Effects Information System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- Longbrake, A.C., and B.C. McCarthy. 2001. Biomass allocation and resprouting ability of princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa: Scrophulariaceae) across a light gradient. American Midland Naturalist 146(2):388-403.