Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Also known as: Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree
Tallest eastern hardwood. Tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers. The root has a lemony flavor once used to flavor spruce beer.
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 60–90 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, hummingbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~21 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV