Tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 m
- wide
- 14 m
Magnoliaceae
Also called Tulip poplar, Tulip tree, Yellow poplar
Formerly Liriodendron truncatifolium, Tulipifera liriodendrum
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Ontario to NC. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 24 m to 37 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 9.1 m to 18 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- German
- Tulpenbaum
- Chinese
- 鹅掌楸, 凹朴皮, 北美鹅掌楸
- Italian
- Albero dei tulipani
- Asturian
- Tulipíferu de Virxinia
- Czech
- liliovník tulipánokvětý
- Esperanto
- Tulipa liriodendro
- Finnish
- Lännentulppaanipuu, tulppaanipuu
- Lithuanian
- Gelsvažiedis tulpmedis
- Swedish
- Tulpanträd
- Turkish
- Amerika lale ağacı
- Slovenian
- tulipanovec
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Liriodendron tulipifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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