TreeHunt: Yellow-Poplar (Tuliptree): Liriodendron tulipifera: Map: Cass County, Mi : Russ Forest

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Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar
Magnoliaceae : Liriodendron tulipifera Linnaeus
a.k.a. American tulipwood, blue poplar, canoe wood, carney wood, hickory poplar, popple, tulip magnolia, tulip poplar, tulip tree, tulipwood, white poplar, white wood, whitewood

Range description & citation as referenced by
Donald E. Beck

Native Range Yellow-poplar grows throughout the Eastern United States from southern New England, west through southern Ontario and Michigan, south to Louisiana, then east to north-central Florida.

Little, Elbert L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook 541. Washington, DC. 375 p.

Measurements
& Description

Michigan
State
Champion

United States
National
Champion

Girth, Height, Crown, Points

177, 171, 133, 381.3

374, 146, 125, 551.3

Location

MI: Cass County: Russ Forest & Newton Woods

VA: Bedford

Nominator(s) ... year

D. Nivan & A. Abdo

Kenneth E. Crouch & Glenn Garrett ... 1972

Search on Liriodendron tulipifera ... Inference Find ... ProFusion ... TAMU Digital Library ...

Specific Reference
* Yellow-Poplar: Habitat, Climate, Soils, Life-History, Genetics & More - a good reference by Donald E. Beck and hosted by USDA Forest Service, St. Paul.
* Liriodendron tulipifera: Distribution, Value, Ecological Characteristics, & Fire Ecology - another good reference developed by the USDA for the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

* Yellow-Poplar: Quick fact sheet from The Big List of Fact Sheets hosted by College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech.
* Tulip-Poplar: Quick fact sheet from Native Michigan Trees hosted by Forestry 204 at Michigan State University.

Notes & Comments
* In general, the best time to see tuliptrees flower is during the last week of May through the first week of June.
* Japanese Name: YURINOKI, or HANTENBOKU ( ゆりのき, はんてんぼく )
* State Tree for Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.
* Wood produces bitter alkaloid chemical called tulipferene which is a heart stimulant
* Second most plentiful species in the U.S.

Full Leaf

L E A F S C A N S Yellow Poplar is a tall deciduous, long-lived, broadleaf tree. Leaves are palmately veined, alternate, simple, and 4-6 lobed with smooth margins and surface. The leaf apex is retuse.
Partial Leaf
Image : Leaf : tuliptree

NOTE: This leaf is *not* from a champion tree

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Photos & Images From Other Sites
* Reference Images from Virtual Foliage include bark, branch with fruit, leafy bough, stipules, whole tree, twig, winter twig, leaf scar, stipule scar, and terminal bud.
* Flower, fruit, twigs, & bark from Ohio's Trees, hosted by Ohio DNR, Division of Forestry.
* Tuliptree: University of Connecticut Plant Database houses images of trees, summer & autumn foliage, flowers, fruit, and bark.

* Tuliptree Flower by Dan Skean in Albion College Vascular Plant Image Gallery
* Tuliptree by C.W. Magee in Trees of Eastern North American Forests
* Twigs by Leilah
* Indiana state tree
* Fall Color from A Visual Reference Guide To Fall Color

M A P S

Michigan's 1996-1997 State Champion Tuliptree
The champion tuliptree for Michigan is located in Russ Forest & Newton Woods County Park. Russ Forest is a 10 acre Park west of Volinia on Marcellus Highway. Dowagiac Creek flows through within the park's boundaries. The park offers picnic facilities and a playground. A separate shelter houses a 16 foot section from the stump of the largest tuliptree in Michigan. That tuliptree was approximately 300 years old and 200 feet tall. It's girth was 23.6 ft. The crown was 136 ft. This tree was blown down in May of 1984. A "sister tree", noted as Michigan's state champion tuliptree for 1996-1997, is located approximately 0.8 miles down "Trail 3". Her perimeter is guarded with a wooden fence to prevent unnecessary soil compaction around the root zone. If you continue on to follow the trail, you will loop around to reach the root stump and base of the fallen champion tree of 1984.

Michigan's 1996-1997 State Champion Tuliptree

Russ Forest and Newton Woods County Park

The champion tuliptree for Michigan is located in Russ Forest & Newton Woods County Park.

Russ Forest is a 10 acre Park west of Volinia on Marcellus Highway.

Dowagiac Creek flows through within the park's boundaries.

The park offers picnic facilities and a playground. A separate shelter houses a 16 foot section from the stump of the largest tuliptree in Michigan. That tuliptree was approximately 300 years old and 200 feet tall. It's girth was 23.6 ft. The crown was 136 ft. This tree was blown down in May of 1984.

A "sister tree", noted as Michigan's state champion tuliptree for 1996-1997, is located approximately 0.8 miles down "Trail 3". Her perimeter is guarded with a wooden fence to prevent unnecessary soil compaction around the root zone. If you continue on to follow the trail, you will loop around to reach the root stump and base of the fallen champion tree of 1984.

Map : Cass County : Marcellus, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Vandalia, Edwardsburg

R E L A T E D R E S O U R C E S

Map: Tiger: Cass County
Map: MapBlast! Zoom out from Russ Forest
Map: Cass County, Highway & Street Network ... [1014x990, 126kb]

Reference: Michigan's National Champion Trees
Reference: Michigan's State Champion Trees
Reference: Champion Links & More Related Resources

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