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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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YELLOW POPLAR. WHITEWOOD. TULIP TREE. 



Poplar, inappropriate, inasmuch as the tree does not belong to poplar 

 family. White, refers inappropriately to the color of the wood, which is 

 greenish yellow. 



Liriodendron tulipifera Linnaeus. 

 Liriodendron, means lily-tree; tulipifera means tulip-bearing. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in lower Ohio valley 

 and southern Appalach- 

 ian mountains. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 70'-90';, 

 even 200'; diameter, 6'-8', 

 even 12'; tall, magnifi- 

 cent trunk, unsurpassed 

 in grandeur by any east- 

 ern American tree; bark, 

 brown, aromatic, evenly 

 furrowed so as to make 

 clean, neat-looking trunk; 

 leaves, 4 lobed, apex, pe- 

 culiarly truncated, clean 

 cut; flowers, tulip-like; 

 fruit, cone, consisting of 

 many scales. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light greenish or 

 yellow brown, sap-wood, 

 creamy white ; diffuse- 

 porous; rings, close but 

 distinct ; grain, straight ; 

 rays, numerous and plain. 



Leaf. 



