Tulip tree
NativeLiriodendron tulipifera
Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) · Other broadleaf · 80–120 ft
Knowing it
Tall and straight with square-tipped leaves and tulip-shaped green-and-orange flowers in May. Native to the eastern Ozarks and Bootheel; planted widely.
What a tree company sees
Soft wood and tall; drops limbs in ice and wind. Aphids drip honeydew on cars beneath.
Recorded in 73 counties
- Adair County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dallas County
- Daviess County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Greene County
- Howell County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- Shelby County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.