Is a Catalpa Tree the Best Choice for Your Yard?

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The native catalpa trees, the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa, and the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, are popular landscape trees due to their adaptability to growing conditions and resistance pollution in urban areas. Although popular, catalpas may not be the best choice for most yards due to their size, brittleness, and heavy leaf fall. Catalpas are also the host plant for the caterpillar of the catalpa sphinx moth, commonly referred to as the catalpa worm, which can defoliate the trees in some years. Catalpa worms are prized as live bait for a wide variety of fish and catalpa trees are actually planted for the purpose of growing the worms in some areas.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to the Native Catalpa Trees
0:21 The Two Species of Native Catalpa – Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa and Southern Catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides Natural Range and Introduced Range
1:01 Similarities Between Northern and Southern Catalpa – Growing Conditions and Why They Have Been Planted Outside of Native Range
1:48 Differences Between Northern and Southern Catalpa – Size, Differences in the Leaves, Growth Form, Bark
2:39 Pollinator Use of Catalpa Trees – Bumblebees, Carpenter Bees, Moths, Honeybees
2:57 Catalpa as a Host Plant – The Catalpa Sphinx Moth and Catalpa Worms, The Tersa Sphinx Moth
3:32 Catalpa Extrafloral Nectaries – Location on the Leaf, Use by Honeybees, Response to Catalpa Worm Attack, Attracting Ants and Parasitoid Wasp, Parasitoid Wasp Use of Catalpa Worms as a Host
4:22 Bird Predation on Catalpa Worms – Catalpa Worm Defense Mechanisms, The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
4:41 Catalpa Worms as Fish Bait
5:41 The Negative Aspects of Having a Catalpa Tree in the Yard – Messy, Brittle, Easily Storm Damaged, Past Uses of Catalpa Wood, Large Mature Size