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Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera · Magnoliaceae · 백합나무

How to spot it

Characterized by four-lobed leaves with a cut-off tip, duck-bill-shaped winter buds and tulip-like flowers.

Look

Leaves
The leaf has four main lobes and a tip that looks cut off.
Flowers
Upright cup-shaped flowers, green to yellow, with an orange band at the base of the petals.
Fruit
Winged samaras overlap to form a cone-like cluster and separate when mature.
Bark
Young bark is smooth and gray-green; mature trees develop furrows in a diamond pattern.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted
Native to
Native from southern Ontario, Canada, across the north-central and eastern United States.
Ecology
Grows in moist forests, mountain valleys and lowlands of eastern North America, and the nectar feeds bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

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