Yellow-poplar, Tulip poplar, Tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Family: Magnoliaceae

Location: Alleghany County, Virginia, 1999 - 2014

top bottom	Leaf alternate simple entire margin 4-lobed
	Bark very durable; bark shingles can be used as siding for buildings
	Flower Flower showy, but usually high in crown tulip-like
	Fruit Cone of samaras; mature in fall Base of cone remains on tree through the winter
	Wood The long, straight bole (trunk) of the yellow-poplar makes it valuable for timber, but the wood is subject to discoloration.

Range in U.S.

East of Mississippi River, Michigan, New York and south

Citation:

Virginia Tech Tree ID
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/key/location.htm

Remarks

Once one of the largest timber trees in the eastern U.S. Old-growth trees can have diameters of 3 m (10 ft) or more and heights approaching 60 m (200 ft).
For a picture of a single poplar tree filling an entire train (1913), see http://www.patc.us/history/archive/virg_fst.html