The Eastern Redbud tree is a deciduous shrub or small tree. It is often planted as an ornamental because of its beautiful pink flowers in the spring and multiple trunk look. People also can eat the flowers and bark for natural healing properties. This species has some wildlife value. It is also a nectar source for bees and butterflies, butterfly larvae, and its seed pods are enjoyed by songbirds, small mammals and game birds. The mature redbud can grow to about 16-40 feet in height.
Here is a link to the Phenophase Guide:
This is a graph of the Activity Curve for 2021:
Here is a Calendar of the Flowering Phenophase stage being observed for the Eastern Redbud in 2021.
The gray marks are times when the tree was observed and determined to not be presenting the phenophase.
Here is a Calendar of the Fruiting Phenophase stage being observed for the Eastern Redbud in 2021. The gray marks are times when the tree was observed and determined to not be presenting the phenophase.
Here is a Calendar of the Leafing Phenophase stage being observed for the Eastern Redbud in 2021.
The gray marks are times when the tree was observed and determined to not be presenting the phenophase.
Number of Observations 2021: 3,767
Number of Observation sites 2021: 19
Number of Visits to Observation sites 2021: 166
Indiana Backyard Observer data downloaded using the USA-National Phenology Network's Phenology Observation Portal <www.usanpn.org/data/observational>
Map of Counties with Observation sites (2021)
Allen, Boone, Franklin, Hamilton, Hendricks, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Starke, St. Joseph, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Wayne, and Washington Counties