Paulownia cf. tomentosa (Thunb.)Steudel
First record: PH Oswald, 1998
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Outside Fitzbillies, Trumpington Street, 4484.5810, PH Oswald, 17.10.1999, CGE.
Apparently self-sown tree 2.5m tall, New Museums site, 4496.5821, PH Oswald, 25.9.2001, CGE.
In the crack between the road and the wall in the parking bay nearest the city centre on the east side of Tennis Court Road opposite No 6 in the row of cottages south of Tennis Court Terrace, 4508.5802. PH Oswald, 2000, 9.7.2001, det. AC Leslie. 20.7.2001, CGE.
Three seedlings underneath railings, Drummer Street bus station, Cambridge, 4525.5645, AC Leslie, 15.8.2001.
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One plant about 9" tall, in the crack between the base of the wall and the pavement, The Malster's House, NW facing side of Commercial End, Swaffham Bulbeck, 557.663, G Crompton, 9.2001. By November it had been removed. There are a number of trees growing about 50 yards from the road, at No 103 Commercial End of both P. tomentosa and P. fargesii. The seeds are very light and it was an exceptional year for self sown seedling plants which germinated over the spring and summer in every crack in the terrace pavements, up and down the gravel drives and in the french drains of No. 103. (One self sown seedling from perhaps two years ago grew from 2ft to 8ft in 2001.)
