UNDERPLANTED, UNDERRATED, UNDERAPPRECIATED (JAPANESE PAGODATREE)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

Underrated, underplanted, underappreciated… so why isn’t the Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum) a more popular as a street tree in our urban forests?

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo from Wikipedia

Additional Reading:

Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
A short history of pagodatree cultivation
Sweetgum episode
Red maple episode
Kentucky coffeetree episode
Ghost of Evolution by Connie Barlow
The Tree by Colin Tudge

 
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