Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Large deciduous tree, at maturity 100+ feet tall, fast growing
- Leaves tulip shaped, usually with 4-6 lobes, simple and alternate with brilliant yellow fall color
- Bark smooth while young becoming furrowed with age, upside down V marking below branches
- Fruit a cone with many winged seeds maturing in autumn
- Wood is soft and used with upholstered furniture, crates, toys and plywood; smaller diameter trees made into paper
Fun Fact: Pioneers hollowed out large logs to make lightweight canoes; southern antique furniture was made from yellow poplar trees growing on plantations
- TREE #8 = 28 inch diameter
- TREE #11 = 24 inch & 26 inch diameters (double trunk)
- TREE #13 = 27 inch diameter
- TREE #28 = 31 inch diameter
- TREE #32 = 31 inches & 27 inch diameters (forked)
- TREE #35 = 27 inch diameter
- TREE #48 = 34 inch diameter
Continue the Tree Tour!
This tour was created in partnership with:
Land Trust of North Alabama
Society of American Foresters – Mountain Lakes Chapter
U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station
Alabama A&M Forestry & Ecology Center