ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the American Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea). It is native to the Southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama. It is one of the rarest trees of eastern North America. American Yellowwood is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree typically growing 33–49 ft tall, with some exceptions reaching 89 ft tall. It produces white, fragrant flowers in early summer that look similar to Wisteria. The name yellowwood derives from its yellow heartwood, used in small amounts for specialist furniture, gunstocks and decorative woodturning. It has also been marked as a pollinator plant, supporting and attracting bees and butterflies!