#973 most planted
Cercis reniformis
Oklahoma redbud
Multi-trunkDeciduous
219
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
5.0 in
median trunk (13 cm, 210 measured)
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A multi-stemmed shrub to small tree with a compact, broad habit and showy magenta to wine red blooms. Its heart-shaped leaves emerge pinkish and turn yellow in fall. Nectar-rich flowers attract hummingbirds and bees.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2040.03%—5.0 in
- 110.01%11 yr4.5 in
- 40.00%—3.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.0 in, mean 5.6 in, 90th percentile 9.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Central US forest-grasslands transition
- Central Tallgrass prairie
- Central-Southern US mixed grasslands
- Texas blackland prairies
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- East Central Texas forests
Other Cercis in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
