Index / Search / Albizia julibrissin
§1 Plant
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
vernacular silktree — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Albizia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 537 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 2 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.3
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 20 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- White-Gray
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 11,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 537 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 57 I ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
California view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jefferson 21111
- Knott 21119
- Laurel 21125
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Martin 21159
- McCracken 21145
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Adams 28001
- Benton 28009
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Washington 28151
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Wake 37183
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
Texas view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Lavaca 48285
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Parker 48367
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Scurry 48415
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Walker 48471
- Wilson 48493
Utah view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 76 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALJU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2972983 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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