OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Magnoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1   FAMILY Magnoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liriodendron tulipifera   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liriodendron tulipifera var. obtusiloba

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Liriodendron tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Liriodendron tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 080-01-001?:

Liriodendron tulipifera   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Liriodendron tulipifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Tulip-tree, Southern Yellow Poplar


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1, Coastal Plain Tulip-tree, Southern Yellow Poplar

Alan S. Weakley    asw_157799463923280

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

Mature leaves of fertile branches small, 0-4-lobed (sun leaves), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1, Coastal Plain Tulip-tree, Southern Yellow Poplar

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3313245958950389

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liriodendron tulipifera   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liriodendron tulipifera var. obtusiloba

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liriodendron tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Liriodendron tulipifera

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 080-01-001?:
Liriodendron tulipifera   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Liriodendron tulipifera

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4791

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Streamhead pocosins, pineland seepage swamps, small blackwater stream swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-yellow with orange blotch
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
6 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: