What Is the Largest Tulip Tree?
The tulip tree, also known as yellow poplar, or tulip poplar, is the tallest hardwood found in the Eastern United States. According to the Native Tree Society, the species is over 500 years old. Does this Spark an idea?
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Description
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The tulip tree has unique, four-pointed leaves that turn dazzling yellow in the fall with tulip-like orange and yellow flowers that bloom in late May and June.
Largest Tulip Tree
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The largest tulip tree is found in the Baxter Creek area of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in North Carolina. Although the average height is around 150 feet, this specimen is 177.4 feet tall and 11 feet in circumference.
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Large Tulip Trees
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Large tulip trees are located throughout the southern U.S. and Great Smokies. Pennsylvania's tallest measured 158.6 feet and Massachusetts' tallest measured 131.2 feet.
State Trees
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In 1931, Indiana adopted the Liriodendron tulipifera as its official state tree. In 1947, the Tulip Tree was selected as the official tree in Tennessee. Kentucky selected the tulip tree as its state tree in 1994.
History
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In early history of the tulip tree, this giant reached 200 feet tall and 12 feet in circumference.
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