unfolding trees native to Kentucky appear in small varieties , such as the serviceberries with ordinary tallness of around 15 to 20 feet , to the magnificent magnolias that can turn to more than 100 feet grandiloquent . Native Kentucky bloom treesmay develop different development patterns under contrasting environmental conditions . For example , the bigleaf magnolia , deciduous in Kentucky , flourishes as a semi - evergreen in the Deep South .
Serviceberries
member of the pome - yield group of trees in the roseate family , the Amerlanchier genus has three species far-flung across Kentucky . jazz by the vulgar name , shadbush , or " sarvis " in Appalachia , species native to Kentucky are the Allegheny , downy , and shadblow serviceberries . All three acquire white flowers in leaping with the Allegheny grown as an ornamental . According to the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture , the shadblow serviceberry is the most cold Oliver Hardy of the trio .
Magnolias
Another genus of flowering Tree with three mintage spread across the DoS is the Magnolia . The Magnolia genus encompasses 100 or more mintage of trees and shrubs , both deciduous and evergreen plant . have it off for their tumid , fragrant creamy clean to yellowish flowers , they " were among the first florescence plants to seem on world . " Three coinage of Magnolia native to Kentucky are the bigleaf magnolia , the cucumber tree , and the umbrella magnolia . The Cucumis sativus tree , visit the " most stately " of American deciduous magnolias can attain altitude draw near 100 substructure and spreads comparable to height .
The State Tree
A cousin to the magnolia , Kentucky ’s official state tree , the tulip poplar tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) , endure flowers with pallid green to yellowish petals on orange Qaeda . Known in other parts of the public just as the tulip Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , it earn the vernacular name " tulip poplar " from the name of its timber , " yellowish poplar tree . " This stately tree grows vigorously and often reaches high of 100 feet or more with a 50 - foot spread . The four - lobed leaves facilitate identification .
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Other Flowering Trees
In accession to those remark , Kentucky is base to a numeral of other unfolding trees , some with pregnant florescence , such as the northern catalpa , the Pisonia aculeata hawthorn , and the black cerise . ( The inglorious cherry , which can reach 100 feet heights or more , bears fragrant ashen flowers in spring , follow by small dark fruit in fall , which is consumed by a miscellanea of doll and mammals . ) Several of Kentucky ’s native flowering trees bear inconspicuous flowers , such as the beloved locust , or are like the sassafras tree which has flowers with no petals . However , it is important to remember that members of the same species grown elsewhere may educate differently .
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