MAGNOLIACEAE - - Magnolia Family

Liriodendron tulipifera Linnaeus — Tulip-tree

Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) - Tree becoming 60 m. tall, the bark with flat ridges; leaf-blades 6—20 cm. wide, 4-lobed, truncate or notched at the apex; flowers companulate; sepals elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 4—5 cm. long; petals elliptic, oval, or suborbicular, greenish-yellow and often tinged with orange; fruit conic, 5—7 cm. long, erect, the carpels 3—4 cm. long, indehiscent.

Habitat:

Mesic forests, cove forests in the Mountains to at least 1500m in elevation, bottomland forests and swamps. Widespread in e. North America, south to Panhandle FL. An important timber tree in the Southern Appalachians.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip-tree)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip-tree)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.