PLANTS Profile for Albizia julibrissin (silktree)

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PLANTS Profile

Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
silktree

Symbol:

ALJU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

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Distribution:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 17 species in Albizia

Classification:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Albizia Durazz. – albizia
Species	Albizia julibrissin Durazz. – silktree

U.S. Weed Information:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

mimosa
silk tree

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC		Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26449.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

Los Arboles in Espana: diagnostic images of tree bark

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

Plant Advisor.com: image

Virginia Tech: abstract & image

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 09:43 PM MDT