page_title: Liriodendron tulipifera
section_title: In landscape
hierarchical_section_title: Liriodendron tulipifera / Use / In landscape
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Tulipier de Virginie (Liriodendron tulipifera). Circonférence mesurée à 1m50 du sol&#160;: 432 cm - (2008) Hauteur&#160;: 34m (2005) Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgique) – Parc de Mariemont. Camera location50°&#160;28′&#160;12″&#160;N, 4°&#160;14′&#160;06″&#160;E&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth Deutsch: Tulpenbaum (Liriodendron tulipifera). English: American tulip tree , tulip poplar or yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Español: tulipanero (Liriodendron tulipifera). Walon: Aube a tulipes (Liriodendron tulipifera). This is a photo of a monument in Wallonia, number: 52043-CLT-0006-01 This is a photo of a monument in Wallonia, number: 52043-PEX-0001-01
context_page_description: Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood. It is native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario and possibly southern Quebec to Illinois eastward to southwestern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It can grow to more than 50 m in virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it reaches 25–30 m in height, making it a very valuable timber tree.
  It is fast-growing, without the common problems of weak wood strength and short lifespan often seen in fast-growing species. April marks the start of the flowering period in the Southern United States; trees at the northern limit of cultivation begin to flower in June. The flowers are pale green or yellow, with an orange band on the tepals; they yield large quantities of nectar. The tulip tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
context_section_description: Tulip trees make magnificently shaped specimen trees, and are very large, growing to about 35 m (110 ft) in good soil. They grow best in deep well-drained loam which has thick dark topsoil. They show stronger response to fertilizer compounds (those with low salt index are preferred) than most other trees, but soil structure and organic matter content are more important. In the wild it is occasionally seen around serpentine outcrops. The southeastern coastal plain and east central Florida ecotypes occur in wet but not stagnant soils which are high in organic matter. All tulip trees are unreliable in clay flats which are subject to ponding and flooding.
  Like other members of the Magnolia family, they have fleshy roots that are easily broken if handled roughly. Transplanting should be done in early spring, before leaf-out; this timing is especially important in the more northern areas. Fall planting is often successful in Florida. The east central Florida ecotype may be more easily moved than other strains because its roots grow over nine or ten months every year—several months longer than other ecotypes. Most tulip trees have low tolerance of drought, although Florida natives (especially the east central ecotype) fare better than southeastern coastal plain or northern inland specimens.
  It is recommended as a shade tree. The tree's tall and rapid growth is a function of its shade intolerance. Grown in the full sun, the species tends to grow shorter, slower, and rounder, making it adaptable to landscape planting. In forest settings, most investment is made in the trunk (i.e., the branches are weak and easily break off, a sign of axial dominance) and lower branches are lost early as new, higher branches closer to the sun continue the growth spurt upward. A tree just 15 years old may already reach 12 m (40 ft) in height with no branches within reach of humans standing on the ground.
caption: The tulip tree is a popular specimen tree in landscape, turning a rusty orange in Fall
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