Sophora
Necklacepod · also Eve's necklace, Texas sophora, Pink sophora
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Sophora is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the pea family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. Species like Sophora affinis can form a rounded, arching habit with bipinnately-compound leaves and fragrant pink flowers, followed by black, necklace-like seed pods. Another species, Sophora chrysophylla, has golden-yellow flowers. Many species are tolerant of drought, heat, and alkaline soils, making them suitable for low-water urban landscaping, but some species have poisonous seeds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 570.03%—2.9 in
- 30.00%—17 in
- 10.01%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Mature height
- 20–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Soil
- Alkaline
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 7.5 in, 90th percentile 14 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.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Central Polynesian tropical moist forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- East Central Texas forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Sophora in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
