Cladrastis kentukea, le Virgilier à bois jaune, est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Fabacées. C'est un arbre originaire des États-Unis.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 15.14 m · USDA: 12.19 m · TRY: 14.5 m
Seed mass40.79 mg
Seed mass max44.44 mg
Seed mass min35 mg
Life cycle & reproduction25
Bloom periodEarly Summer
Coppice potentialNo
Deciduousnessdeciduous
Dispersal typewind
Flower colourwhite
Flower conspicuousYes
Fruit seed period beginSummer
Fruit seed period endSummer
Growth rate USDAModerate
Life formtree
Life spanperennial
Lifespan categoryLong
Propagated by bare rootYes
Propagated by bulbNo
Propagated by containerYes
Propagated by cormNo
Propagated by cuttingsYes
Propagated by seedYes
Propagated by sodNo
Propagated by sprigsNo
Propagated by tubersNo
Resprout abilityYes
Seed spread rateSlow
Seedling vigorMedium
Vegetative spread rateNone
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment24
Active growth periodSpring and Summer
Adapted to coarse textured soilsYes
Adapted to fine textured soilsNo
Adapted to medium textured soilsYes
Aquaticterrestrial
BloatNone
Climatetemperate
Climberself-supporting
Epiphyteterrestrial
Foliage colorGreen
Foliage porosity summerDense
Foliage porosity winterPorous
Foliage textureMedium
Fruit colourbrown
Growth formtree
Growth form USDASingle Stem
Hedge toleranceLow
Known allelopathNo
Leaf retentionNo
Low growing grassNo
Root depth min24 in
Shape and orientationErect
Small grainNo
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry23
Anaerobic toleranceNone
C:N ratioHigh
Caco3 toleranceMedium
Cold stratification requiredYes
Drought toleranceMedium
Fertility requirementLow
Fire resistantNo
Fire toleranceNone
Frost free days min180 days
Leaf c471 mg/g
Leaf n19.6 mg/g
Leaf p7.8 mg/g
Moisture useLow
Nitrogen fixation levelNone
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Precipitation max55 in
Precipitation min36 in
Salinity toleranceNone
Shade toleranceMedium
Soil pH max7.5 pH
Soil pH min4.8 pH
Specific leaf area (SLA)13.62 mm²/mg
Temperature min-32 °F
Uses & economy14
Berry nut seed productNo
Christmas tree productNo
Commercial availabilityRoutinely Available
Fodder productNo
Fuelwood productLow
Lumber productYes
Naval store productYes
Nursery stock productYes
Palatable humanNo
Post productNo
Pulpwood productNo
Seeds per pound12 000 per lb
ToxicityNone
Veneer productNo
Other traits7
Fall conspicuousYes
Fruit seed abundanceHigh
Fruit seed conspicuousYes
Fruit seed persistenceNo
Height at 20yr7.62 m
Planting density max700 per acre
Planting density min300 per acre
03Chemical composition70 compounds
Compounds documented for Cladrastis kentukea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cladrastis kentukea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections8
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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animal barcodeplant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCladrastis kentukea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 347≤1 km 57≤10 km 17>10 km 127
548 georeferenced · 305 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor853
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 26≤1 km 52≤10 km 71>10 km 13
162 georeferenced · 127 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence289
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 3
3 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living3
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions41 of 60 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chapel Hill, US
43
Wuzhou, CN
18
Bronx, US
16
Bangkok, TH
15
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
14
Saint Louis, US
12
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
8
Jackson, US
7
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
7
Tuscaloosa, US
7
Knoxville, US
6
Fayetteville, US
6
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
Little Rock, US
6
College Park, US
5
Bloomington, US
5
Millersville, US
5
Denver, US
5
Dekalb, US
5
GAlocation not on record
4
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
4
Northridge, US
3
Dover, US
3
Fredericksburg, US
2
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
2
US
2
Tampa, US
2
Logan, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Lincoln, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Columbia, US
2
Montréal, CA
2
Austin, US
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
Volunteer State Community Collegelocation not on record
1
Rotorua, NZ
1
Clemson, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Boise, US
1
Minia, EG
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Russellville, US
1
Richmond, US
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Riverside, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Phoenix, US
1
Macomb, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Madison, US
1
60 institutions · 266 of 289 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Cladrastis kentukea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.4 °C 4.70–20.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.0 °C
Max temp (day)15.9 °C 8.50–23.2
Min temp (night)9.70 °C 1.80–17.6
Precipitation92.3 mm/mo 85.6–99.0
Air humidity60.6 % 59.0–62.2
Moisture balance-2.20 mm/mo -43.1–38.7
Vapour deficit687 Pa 362–1,013
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.60–4.40
Cloud cover50.6 % 40.9–60.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 157 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗