Phellodendron amurense
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Michael Dirr Phellodendron amurense
Michael Dirr
Phellodendron amurense
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Amur Corktree
Common Names:
  • Amur Corktree
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Origin:

  Northern China, Manchuria and Japan  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 3 to Zone 7

Dirr says: "Will grow in Zone 8 but is slow. Perfectly adapted in Orono, ME and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.
Dirr says: "broad-spreading tree with short trunk and an open crown of a few large, often horizontally arranged branches; a tree of great beauty in its finest form. A shade tree of unique interest for bark."

Flowers:

  Color(s): Green
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "not showy"  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Brown
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a shade tree.

Dirr says: "Excellent in parks and other large areas, possibly for residential landscapes with lots of 20,000 square feet or more; not for streets although has been used for that purpose."

Other:

  Is Resistant to Disease
Is Resistant to Drought
Is Resistant to Insects
Dirr says: "withstands acid or alkaline conditions; drought and polluted air though from my observations not as urban tolerant as the literature would have us believe."  
Phellodendron amurense is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAlsip, ILAthens, MI
Augusta, MIBaltimore, MDBangor, MI
Battle Creek, MIBayside, NYBellmore, NY
Bellport, NYBethpage, NYBlue Point, NY
Bohemia, NYBrentwood, NYBrightwaters, NY
Bronxville, NYBrookhaven, NYCanton, MI
Channahon, ILCharlottesville, VAChicago Heights, IL
Chicago Ridge, ILChicago, ILCicero, IL
Cleveland, OHCoal City, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYCrete, IL
Detroit, MIDewitt, MIDimondale, MI
Dolton, ILDorset, OHEagle, MI
East Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NYEast Greenville, PA
East Lansing, MIEast Texas, PAEastchester, NY
Easton, PAEaton Rapids, MIEcorse, MI
Edmore, MIElkins Park, PAElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEmmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, ILFerndale, MIFlushing, NY
Forest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VAFresh Meadows, NY
Glen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MIGreenlawn, NY
Gwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MIHarper Woods, MI
Harrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NYHighland Park, MI
Holbrook, NYHoltsville, NYHunt Valley, MD
Huntington Station, NYHuntington, NYIslandia, NY
Jackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MILakewood, OH
Landisburg, PALawn, PALeasburg, NC
Lebanon, PALemoyne, PALewistown, PA
Lexington, NCLiberty, NCLinwood, NC
Little Neck, NYLittleton, COLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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