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| Bloom Color | cream and orange, yellow-green |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | Mid-May to Early-June |
| Category, USDA | Dicot |
| Comment | Woods, moist to dry |
| Present in Plant Communities |
Gardens, meadows or lawns (G1,G2) Marshes, swamps or floodplains (A3,A4,A6) Pine plantation (F5) Slope forest (C4,C5,C6,C7) Thicket or young forest (B12,D1,E1,E4) Upland forest (B1,B4,B9) |
| Family | Magnoliaceae |
| Fibers Dyes, Ethnobotany | lumber, canoes, cradles |
| Foods, Ethnobotany | make honey |
| Fruit Color Mature | tan |
| Fruit Period | Early-September to Late-December |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | rich woods, mesic forests; throughout, except northernmost counties |
| Habitat | Woods |
| Hardiness Zone | 4a |
| Height | 60-90 |
| Medicine, Ethnobotany | Dystentery, Coughs/fevers, pinworms |
| MPA Species IDs | 1473 |
| North American Federations, Ethnobotany | Cherokee, Rappahannock |
| Native | Yes |
| Other , Ethnobotany | Used to make paper |
| Other Common Names | Tulip-tree, yellow poplar |
| Present in Plant Surveys | Ogle, partial survey 1992 Ebert - Holt, 1998 - 1999 Brighton-Longbottom, 2018 |
| Predominant Habit | Tree |
| Range | MA to WI south to FL, MS |
| Seed Type | samara |
| Soil Moisture | Moist soil |
| Species ID Ghini | 10658 |
| Spread | 50.0 |
| Status, Ethnobotany | Complete |
| Sun Exposure | Sun-part shade |
| Use | Used as shade or lawn tree for large land scapes. |
| Mapped Plant Accessions | 2005.0033.11 2005.0033.75 2013.0024.1881 2013.0024.1936 2018.0041.1 2018.0045.1 |
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