Tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Some call it a yellow poplar, some refer to it as a tulip poplar, and still others call it a tuliptree because its flowers look like tulips. Call it what you like, it’s actually in the magnolia family. Go figure.
The tuliptree is perhaps the most common deciduous tree in Maryland’s forests. An early succession tree, it moves into forests that were recently cut, or farmland reverting back to woods. The tuliptree creates the shady conditions that oaks and other trees require to get established.
Tuliptrees grow straight and tall. Older specimens can reach 150 feet in height and seven feet or more in diameter. This handsome tree isn’t the largest of Lake Roland’s four MD Big Tree Program tuliptrees: Airtable – Tree Listings on Website See if you can find the largest. It’s “leaning” close by.
This tree ID sign is sponsored by the Baltimore County Forestry Board,
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