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  • Widespread dominants include American beech, tuliptree (also called yellow-poplar), several basswoods, sugar maple, sweet buckeye, red oak, white oak, and eastern hemlock, in addition to 20-25 other species.

    Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Oceanic) Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Wetter sites typically feature an abundance of American elm, tuliptree, and sweet gum.

    Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Continental) Province (Bailey) 2009

  • In the early 19th century, forests containing upland oaks, black gum, hickories, and tuliptree, were common.

    Ecoregions of Illinois (EPA) 2008

  • Mr. Field Notes wanted to plant some seeds in our front yard when he learned more about the tuliptree, but then we found out the soil condition in our front yard is not at all likely to sustain it even if the seeds succeeded in germinating.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Field Notes 2007

  • Intact wetter sites feature American elm (Ulmus americana), tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).

    Central U.S. hardwood forests 2007

  • After a diligent search, I discovered my mystery tree is a tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera.

    Puzzle of the Mystery Tree - Solved! Field Notes 2007

  • Plant life in the area includes hardwood forest species, such as Spanish oak, hickory, sweet gum, American beech, tuliptree and other poplars, red maple and sassafras and related understory vegetation.

    Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007

  • Mr. Field Notes wanted to plant some seeds in our front yard when he learned more about the tuliptree, but then we found out the soil condition in our front yard is not at all likely to sustain it even if the seeds succeeded in germinating.

    Puzzle of the Mystery Tree - Solved! Field Notes 2007

  • After a diligent search, I discovered my mystery tree is a tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Field Notes 2007

  • Expecting to hear of a piece of misconduct on the part of the household servants, she hurried forth, and found that she had to traverse the whole space of the lawn up to the tuliptree.

    Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

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