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National Invasive Species Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Princess Tree

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)

Princess tree

Princess tree, foliage in June

Credit

Photo by James H. Miller; USDA, Forest Service

Source
Invasive.org.

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