Tulip Poplar Facts that Will Amaze You!

🌳🌳🌳🌳 Link to the Trees of Eastern North America field guide mentioned in the video: https://www.backyardecology.net/recom... 🌳🌳🌳🌳 👉👉👉👉 Learn about the awesome eastern redbud in this video:    • 9 Reasons Why Redbud ROCKS as a Yard Tree!   👈👈👈👈 💓💓💓💓 Ways you can help support Backyard Ecology: • Monthly contributions.   / backyardecology   • One-time donation online. https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=K7... • By check mailed to Backyard Ecology, P.O. Box 652, Glasgow, KY 42142-0652. 💓💓💓💓 This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. Join us for some fascinating tree talk as we explore the Tulip poplar, also commonly referred to as tulip tree or yellow poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, a common tree in the eastern forest, and a contender for the tallest hardwood species in North America. These large trees are import ecologically as they support a variety of pollinators and are host plants to a variety of caterpillars. This educational content will dive into this awesome tree's place in the ecosystem, its economic importance, and reveal some of its other fascinating secrets. ========================== Connect with us! ============================= Blog: https://www.backyardecology.net/blog Podcast: https://www.backyardecology.net/podcast Facebook:   / backyardecology   =========================== Help support the channel!! ============================= Purchase our book: Attract Pollinators and Wildlife to Your Yard - 15 Free and Easy Ways: https://shannontrimboli.com/shop/ Patreon:   / backyardecology   Or you can give a one-time donation at: PayPal Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... Chapters: 0:00 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Native Range, What It Is 0:48 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Pioneer Species, Not a Poplar, Magnolia Family, Average Mature Size, Historic Size, Largest Living Tulip Poplar, Growth Form, Growth Rate, Prone to Wind and Ice Damage, Coppicing Tulip Poplar 3:10 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Wood Characteristics, Wood Uses, Historic Use by Native Americans for Dugout Canoes 4:42 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Soil Requirements, Drought Stress Signs 5:05 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Light Requirements, Shade Intolerance, Average Lifespan, Lifespan in Optimum Conditions 5:36 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Leaf Characteristics, Identification by Leaf, Fall Color 6:16 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Host Plant, Tulip Tree Silk Moth, Tulip Tree Beauty, Browse by Deer 6:45 Trees of Eastern North America Field Guide 7:47 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Bark Characteristics, Identification by Bark, Medicinal Use of Inner Bark 8:38 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Twig and Bud Characteristics, Identification by Twigs and Buds, Cool Story About Identifying a Tiny Tulip Poplar Sprout 10:00 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Flower Characteristics, Bloom Period, How Blooms Progress on the Tree, Finding Evidence of Blooming on the Ground 11:08 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Where Tulip Poplar Got Its Name, What the Scientific Name Means, How Many Species in the Genus Liriodendron, Chinese Tulip Tree, Liriodendron chinense, Tulip Poplar State Tree 11: 52 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Pollinator Use of Blooms, Bird Use of Blooms, Pollination Period, Deer Browse of Flowers 12:19 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Importance as a Honey Tree, Length of Bloom Period, Rain Washes Nectar From Flowers, Kentucky Honey 13:15 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Samara Aggregates, Fruit, Fruit Characteristics, Fruiting Period, Tulip Poplar Samaras, Seed Production and Dispersal, Fruit Persistence Into Winter 14:01 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Seed Germination, Problems with Seed in Smaller Yards, Squirrel and Bird Use of Seed 14:40 Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, Not the Best Tree for Small Spaces, Good Tree for Yards Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis