Amur Cork Tree     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Phellodendron amurense


NOTES: Crushed leaves smell citrusy. Yellow cambium. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants). Native to northern China, Korea, and Japan.

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Amur Cork Tree
Genus species: Phellodendron amurense
Common Name: Amur Cork Tree
Family Name: Rutaceae  
Shrubs or small trees, often with citruslike oder; leaves alternate, compound, the leaflets with glandular dots; flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular, in axillary clusters or terminal cymes; fruit types vary.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:M. Becus