Storm the Castle/Princess Tree EcoQuest Challenge: October 2021 - Video

This video outlines some of the diagnostic features and key identifying characteristics of the invasive princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa) and catalpa trees . The Invasives Strike Force EcoQuest Challenge is a scavenger hunt-style challenge that utilizes the mobile app, iNaturalist, to track the distribution of focal invasive species in New York and New Jersey. This month's challenge, called "Storm the Castle", focuses in on how to distinguish the invasive princess tree from "look-alike" catalpa trees, which have also become naturalized in the lower Hudson Valley of New York and northern New Jersey. For more information, or to register for the EcoQuest Challenge please visit our website: https://www.lhprism.org/invasives-strike-force-ecoquest-challenge