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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Butterfly Leaves and Redbuds
  8. Redbuds

genus

Redbuds

Cercis

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

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Redbud native
  • Judas-tree present
  • Western Redbud native
  • Chinese Redbud
  • Arizona Redbud native
  • Smooth Redbud
  • Griffith's Redbud
  • Giant Redbud
  • Cercis chingii
  • Cercis racemosa

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 redbuds All

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

  • Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis caterpillars 19 bees 1 hosts 9 food 25 flowers 114
  • Western Redbud Cercis occidentalis caterpillars 3 hosts 2 food 3 flowers 37
  • Arizona Redbud Cercis orbiculata caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 11

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