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Magnoliaceae
Liriodendron

not marked as a favorite taxon Liriodendron tulipifera Linnaeus var. 1. Common name: Coastal Plain Tulip-tree, Southern Yellow Poplar. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Streamhead pocosins, pineland seepage swamps, small blackwater stream swamps. Distribution: Sc. and se. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to s. MS.

Glossary (beta!)

ID notes: Fall color light yellow.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Under study by Fetter, Weakley, & Poindexter (in prep.).

Other Comments: Its occurrence in fire-maintained, acid soil habitats in the Coastal Plain is surprising to people used to Liriodendron as a tree of mesic, rich soil forests with little or no fire. This variety is, however, a typical species of streamhead pocosins in the fall-line sandhills, growing with Pinus serotina, Nyssa biflora, and Acer rubrum, and often with scorch marks twenty feet up the trunk.

Synonymy ⓘ: = NSProv, Fetter, Weakley, & Poindexter () (in prep); < Liriodendron tulipifera L. — Fl2, FNA3, GW2, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, WH3; >< Liriodendron tulipifera L. var. obtusiloba Michx. — K4; >< Liriodendron tulipifera L. var. tulipifera — K4; .

Links to other floras: < Liriodendron tulipifera - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1© Alan Cressler: Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1, Seep Bogs, Escambia County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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