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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Mimoseae
  8. Leadtrees

genus

Leadtrees

Leucaena

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • White Leadtree introduced
  • Golden-ball Lead Tree native
  • Wild Tamarind present
  • Great Leadtree native
  • Red Leadtree
  • Lanceleaf Leadtree present
  • Leucaena greggii present
  • Legume

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native leadtrees All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Great Leadtree Leucaena pulverulenta caterpillars 4 food 5
  • Golden-ball Lead Tree Leucaena retusa caterpillars 1 food 1

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