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taxid: 49801
genus: Cercis
species: canadensis
abbrev: cerca
commonName: eastern redbud
description: "Cercis canadensis, the eastern redbud, is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, native to eastern North America from southern Michigan south to central Mexico, east to New Jersey. Species thrive as far west as California and as far north as southern Ontario, roughly corresponding to USDA hardiness zone 6b. It is the state tree of Oklahoma."

strains:
  - identifier: ISC453364
    accession: ISC 453364
    name: eastern redbud
    origin: Ames, Iowa, USA
    description: "This accession of eastern redbud was sequenced and reported in Griesmann, et al. DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1743"