Magnoliaceae
Magnolia Family
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera).
The Tulip Tree or Tulip Poplar (which, as botanical
pedants will always point out, is not a poplar, or for
that matter a tulip) is one of the finest native trees
in our area. It grows very fast; it produces wood that
is useful not only for furniture but also for musical
instruments (dulcimer-makers prize it); it is strong
and well-shaped; it can live for centuries; and it
produces these attractive tulip-like flowers in the
spring.