Common Name - Redbud

Scientific Name - Cercis canadensis

Description: small, with the trunk usually separating into several thick branches a short distance above the ground. Tree located at
Hawthorne Elementary School
2405 Champaign Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois
The Redbud Tree
Researched by Kara, Dana, and Chelsea W.

Description:
small, with the trunk usually separating into several thick branches a short distance above the ground.

Habitat:
prefers stream borders and rich bottomlands; often seen as undergrowth in hardwood forest.
     Range:  eastern U.S. from Massachusetts down to central Florida, over to Texas and down to northeastern Mexico, up the Great Lakes.

© Riddle Elementary School, Mattoon, IL - 2003

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