Tulip Tree
Scientific Name:Liriodendron tulipifera
Common Name Synonyms: Tulip Poplar, American Tulip Tree


NOTES: Large, very fast-growing tree in the Magnolia family with flowers superficially resembling tulips. Smooth, ash-gray bark on young trees becomes thickened with deep, interlacing whitish furrows and narrow rounded ridges with age.

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Tulip Tree
Genus species: Liriodendron tulipifera
Common Names: Tulip Tree
Tulip Poplar
American Tulip Tree
Family Name: Magnoliaceae  
Deciduous or evergreen trees; leaves alternate, simple, entire or lobed, stipulate; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary; fruit an aggregate.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:Green/Brown
Yellow
Orange
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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