Both the Northampton white oak and the Montrose Park tulip poplar outrank the tree previously designated as the city's largest, a white oak on the lawn of the Frederick Douglass House in Anacostia.

Tulip trees (which don’t actually grow tulips ... Here’s another story you might like: Why You’ll Never See A Great White Shark In An Aquarium Sign Up to receive the Twisted Sifters weekly ...

The tulip poplar is a softwood deciduous tree that is one of the two largest trees in the Eastern Forest of North America, alongside white pine. Because of its size and characteristically straight ...

The yellow poplar tree is also called tulip tree, tulip poplar, white poplar, and whitewood. It is fast-growing and typically reaches heights between 80-100 feet. Some specimens can reach heights ...

Q: I was thinking of getting a tulip poplar tree for my large backyard ... katsura and red and white oaks. I've got details and photos of most of them on my Plant Profiles page.

Q I think our "mystery tree" may be a tulip tree. I see others like it around town here in Bella Vista. The blossoms are white with a pinkish tinge and they open from a fuzzy gray bud. The tree ...

This week, we meet Tulip tree or Liriodendron tulipifera ... The bark on young trees is smooth and gray with streaks of white between the ridges, while the bark of older trees is gray-brown and ...

A 158.3-foot white pine in upstate Adirondack Park currently is listed as the state's tallest by the Native Tree Society, an online interest group. The state's tallest tulip tree, located in Zoar ...

Tulip poplar trees are common around here, but they’re in the magnolia family, not true poplars. However, their flowers do look like greenish/orange and white tulips, so the name will stick.