North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

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Magnoliaceae > Liriodendron (tuliptree)
	Tuliptree, Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Orange Co., NC 24 June 2009 Widespread and common in North Carolina from rich mountain coves to coastal bottomland swamps.
	Tuliptree, Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Orange Co., NC 24 June 2009 Easily identified by the distinct leaf shape. Bark of small trees is smooth and vertically striped.
	Tuliptree, Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Orange Co., NC 14 Feb 2010 Winter condition with hundreds of the previous year's fruiting structures remaining.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.