This invasive tree is common on the southeastern Coastal Plain and may be spreading into cooler regions. There have been a few scattered reports inland as far north as n. Ark., Ky., Tenn. and Va. but not Mo. or Ill. or Ind. (K, W). The few records from Ky. are not well documented, and they may just represent cultivated plants or short-lived waifs. There is a 2007 coll. from a "residence" in FAYE (EKY) and a 2011 record from an urban construction site in JEFF (eddmaps.org).