Also commonly called Tulip-Poplar or Yellow-Poplar, this is one of our most common and familiar trees. It's most common in bottomlands and often associates with Sweetgum. The leaves, buds, flowers, fruits, and bark are unique - it would be difficult to confuse it with any other species (apart from the very similar Chinese version).

The flowers are somewhat reminiscent of tulips, giving the tree its name. They are difficult to see before they fall to the ground, since they are often 100 feet or more overhead in the canopy.

Bark of a sapling.

Bark of a mature tree.