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Liriodendron tulipifera - tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work

canary whitewood, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar

genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron - tulip trees

true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar, tulipwood, white poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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The Liriodendron tulipifera, known as the tulip tree, will hopefully bloom in the hot weather.

Gardens in full bloom as sun finally shines

These taxa all represented less than 2% composition in each vegetation area (i.e., eastern and western regions of the historic and modern forests) (3) Due to the ambiguity in the common tree names used in the PLS records, Poplar could be tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) or aspen (Populus spp.)

Sharp Savanna-forest Transitions in the Midwest Followed Environmental Gradients but are Absent from the Modern Landscape

Arthropod predators associated with the yellow poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera L.

The longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Tennessee: distribution of species, seasonal adult activity, and new state records

For example, Kamke and Peralta (1990) reported that there was no significant difference in the drying rate between unincised and incised yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) lumber.

C[O.sub.2] laser-incised teak and mahogany lumber dried by microwave and steam injection

In this project, gene expression levels of three different hardwood trees species Black walnut (Juglans nigra, L.), Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Marsh.), and Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera, L.) were studied in response to three ozone levels (80, 125, 225 parts per billion) know to induce visual injury for 14 days, eight hours per day.

Gene expression in hardwood trees species exposed to ozone

The study area encompasses the juncture of a west-facing, rocky-soiled, forested hillside characterized by a canopy of oaks (Quercus spp.), hickories (Carya spp.), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), and a shallow-water, treeless wetland dominated by buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) and spadderdock (Nuphar advena).

Frequent arboreal behavior by cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

Only time will tell if the tuliptree will remain in the magnolia family, but the possibility that its lineage could predate the dinosaurs makes the national champion tuliptree yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) in Chesapeake, Va., even more impressive.

Tulip, Magnolia or Something Else?

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, highlighted the beauty and versatility of American tulipwood (Liriodendron tulipifera) through the 'Endless Stair' at the London Design Festival 2013 held from September 14 to 22.

Versatile and elegant

The species included in this study were Quercus rubra, Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus alba, Robinia pseudoacacia, Pinus strobus, Pinus resinosa, and Acer saccharum.

Botany & plant ecology

Chen, "Bio-functional constituents from the stems of Liriodendron tulipifera," Molecules, vol.

Antimelanoma and antityrosinase from Alpinia galangal constituents