Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky Coffee Tree)

Individual trees are male and female; leaves and seeds are poisonous. Seedpods have winter interest. Suckers to form colonies.

Associates: Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek), Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), Cercis canadensis (Red Bud), Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry), Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty), Juglans cinerea (Butternut), Lindera benzoin (Spicebush), Phlox divaricata (Blue/Woodland Phlox), Solidago flexicaulis (Zig-Zag Goldenrod), Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy), Trillium grandiflorum (Large-Flowered Trillium), Trillium recurvatum (Prairie or Red Trillium)

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Colors

Whites and Off-Whites

Sun

Full

Tree Size

40-55' h x 60-80' w

Water

Medium, Wet