. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 70 Common Trees TULIP TREE Liriodendton tulipifera, Linnaeus THE Tulip Tree, also called Yellow Poplar, and White- wood is one of the most distinctive of American trees. The leaves are simple, alternate, usually 4-lobed, 4 to 6 inches across, appear to have tips cut off at right angle to. TULIP TREE Leaf and flower, one-third natural size. Twig, two-thirde natural size. Stem, and are long-stalked. At the base of each leaf-stalk are two leaf-appendages. The flowers are tulip-like, 1 5^ to 2
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 70 Common Trees TULIP TREE Liriodendton tulipifera, Linnaeus THE Tulip Tree, also called Yellow Poplar, and White- wood is one of the most distinctive of American trees. The leaves are simple, alternate, usually 4-lobed, 4 to 6 inches across, appear to have tips cut off at right angle to. TULIP TREE Leaf and flower, one-third natural size. Twig, two-thirde natural size. Stem, and are long-stalked. At the base of each leaf-stalk are two leaf-appendages. The flowers are tulip-like, 1 5^ to 2 inches deep, green- ish-yellow with 3 reflexed sepals and 6 petals. The fruit is made up of long winged nutlets arranged in light brown, cone-like clusters 2j^ to 3 inches long. The bark when young is smooth, bitter, ash-gray to brown, mottled with light blotches. On old trunks it be- comes thick, brown, deeply furrowed. The twigs arc smooth, shiny, stout, reddish-brown, marked with pale obscure breathing pores. Complete rings of stipule-scars sur- round twigs. The buds arc smooth, flattened, }i. to j/i of an inch long, blunt-pointed, reddish-brown, covered with one pair of bud-scales. Within buds arc small miniature leaves. The wood is soft, not strong, light, white-yellowish to brownish, works easily. It is used for furniture interior finishings, woodcnware, novelties, house siding and in veneering. The Tulip Tree is found from Rhode Island to Michigan, south to Florida and Arkansas. It is common throughout Ohio, being most abundant in the southeastern part of the State. Deep, rich, moist soil is its favorite home. It fre- quently reaches a height of 80 feet and a diameter of 5 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967; Secrest, Edmund, b. 1882. Was
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