Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
04 / 25 / 2013
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Atlanta
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
thisisyourlife
Notes:
Massive tree in my backyard. Didn’t realize it had any flowers before but it is currently dropping these flowers. What tree is this?
Comments
thisisyourlife Leaf Lover says:
Thanks! Yeah, it is quite tall, between 100 – 150 feet high and not much limbs at the bottom half.
April 26th, 2013 at 3:11pm
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Tulip Poplar.
April 25th, 2013 at 10:45pm
melina slotnick Unregistered says:
Tulip polpar Liriodendron tulipifera
April 25th, 2013 at 9:44pm
roypaul Unregistered says:
I think it’s Tulip Poplar http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_litu.pdf
April 25th, 2013 at 4:39pm
hortiphoto Master Identifier says:
That’s a tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera).
April 25th, 2013 at 4:29pm
spatialdrift Master Identifier says:
Tulip Poplar! “It is native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario and Illinois eastward across southern New England and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It can grow to more than 50 m (165 feet) in virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it reaches 25Ð30 m (80Ð100 feet) in height, making it a very valuable timber tree.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera
April 25th, 2013 at 3:53pm
stone Master Identifier says:
Tulip poplar… Host plant to the tiger swallowtail butterfly.. Poplar is said to be a member of the magnolia family.
April 25th, 2013 at 1:44pm