Yellow-poplar is the tallest hardwood tree in North America with one of the most perfect and straight trunks in the forest. The tree has a very unique leaf with four lobes separated by rounded notches. The showy flower is tulip-like (or lily-like) which supports the alternate name of tulip poplar. The soft and light wood was hollowed out by early American settlers to use as canoes. Today's wood is used for furniture and pallets.
Alfred Joyce Kilmer and His Memorial Forest
By Steve Nix, About.com Guide
Also known as tulip tree, tulip magnolia, tulip poplar and white wood, Liriodendron tulipifera reaches its largest size in the southern Appalachians Mountains and the Joyce Kilmer Forest. It can reach heights in excess of 150 feet and diameters of eight to ten feet in radius.
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- Alfred Joyce Kilmer
- Kilmer's "Trees"
- The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
- The Little Santeetlah Creek Watershed
- A Joyce Kilmer Yellow Poplar
- The Joyce Kilmer Eastern Hemlock
- The Joyce Kilmer Sweet Birch
- The Joyce Kilmer American Chestnut
- The Joyce Kilmer Basswood
- The Joyce Kilmer American Beech
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