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Identify Yellow Poplar (tulip tree)

Tree in the Magnolia Family - Magnoliaceae

By Steve Nix, About.com

Yellow Poplar

Yellow-poplar

Photo by Steve Nix
Magnoliaceae - Watson/Dallwitz

Description of Yellow-poplar (Tulip poplar)

Leaves: broad tip, 4-lobed.

Fruit: conelike, composed of nutlets.

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