with the recent talk of tulip poplar i decided to finally take pics of the two 100' tall "twin tower" trees in our woods. I find myself admiring their height and straightness every time i step outside! Ive mentioned them in prior threads so thought it was time. Here they are. view from our back steps. white/gray "fungus" in bark furrows. Bark does look like ash i must admit. saplings growing from a stump (im pointing to it) that was cut in the Fall 2011. Look carefully at the first picture and you'll see these on the very lower left corner. 5-6" diameter and maybe 30' tall already! seed pods and loose seeds that litter the yard. I observed a male cardinal foraging on the seeds the other morning, oblivious to the sunflower seeds in our feeder.
Those are a couple of nice trees. I don't know that I would ever cut them down unless the presented some sort of danger.
They are nice and healthy. They are on the NW corner of the house and the prevailing wind comes from the East. Our back hill is 100-150' and 45* slope so we are protected from the Western wind.
Tulip trees are poplar around here also.. They seem to be very healthy trees with little insect issues or diseases. One of the tallest trees in the forests around here. I have a few tall ones like yours and a couple old ones that have a very large diameter, maybe 3 feet plus but I haven't measured them yet. Maybe I'll find the time to take a couple pics of them. The old ones have bark that looks a little different than what you might expect making them harder to identify as Tulips. I must admit, I cut a lot of the young ones to let the oaks, hickorys and cherry trees take their place... They grow like crazy along my driveway or any open area and grow fast. Not my favorite firewood, although it splits easy and drys quick.... Stinks a bit when burning it in the firepit. The tulip shaped flowers, if you can see them with these tall trees, are really spectacular. Good topic...
it already has the flowers taking shape on the limbs Fanatical1 and we do enjoy them in bloom. The DBH was maybe 20-24"
When they get into flower, please take some pictures as I know there are many on this forum who have never seen them. Then they will know why most people call them tulip poplar rather than yellow poplar.
