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Golden Chain Tree

Laburnum anagyroides

The Golden Chain Tree is a beautiful tree with long, hanging clusters of bright yellow flowers. Its seeds are poisonous if eaten, so it's important to admire them from a safe distance.

Lebensraum: Gardens, Parks

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The Golden Chain Tree is a small, deciduous tree known for its spectacular display of bright yellow, pea-like flowers that hang in long, pendulous clusters, creating the appearance of shimmering golden chains.

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Golden Chain Tree
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Golden Chain Tree

Kategorie

Bäume

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

3/5 · Mittel

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

All parts of this tree, especially the seeds, contain a potent neurotoxin and are very poisonous!

Despite being poisonous, it's often pruned into stunning archways in famous European gardens.

It's a cousin to peas and beans, belonging to the same plant family, Fabaceae!

Its scientific name, Laburnum, might come from 'labrum', meaning 'lip', possibly referring to its flower shape.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Toxic Defense

Golden Chain Tree has powerful toxins, especially cytisine, in all its parts that help it defend against most hungry animals.

Fähigkeit

Soil Enrichment

Golden Chain Tree can enrich the soil by hosting special bacteria that turn air nitrogen into plant food.

Maße und Details

Höhe
4-7 m
Canopy Spread
3-5 m
Essbar
Nein
Trunk Diameter
20-40 cm
Lebenserwartung
20-50 Jahre
Fruit Type
Pod
Growth Rate
Mittel
Leaf Type
Deciduous

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Rhizobium bacteria

Rhizobium leguminosarum

fixes nitrogen for tree's growth

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen from flowers

eats

Black bean aphid

Aphis fabae

feeds on sap from young shoots and leaves

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Laburnum

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

3/5 · Mittel

Avoid touching or eating any part of the tree as its seeds are toxic if ingested.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Golden Chain Tree?

4-7 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Golden Chain Tree?

3-5 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Golden Chain Tree?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Golden Chain Tree?

20-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Golden Chain Tree?

20-50 Jahre

Wo findet man Golden Chain Tree normalerweise?

Gardens, Parks

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Golden Chain Tree?

Pod

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Golden Chain Tree?

Mittel

Snap-Karte

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