From the late 1700s until the early 1900s, the mountain woods our cabin is nestled into were clear cut. Trees were cut down and turned into charcoal to fuel the fires of the iron furnace. Back then, producing iron implements was our area's major industry. After recovering, our woods now are largely comprised of mature, new growth trees. Because so many areas were left bare and open to sunlight, a good portion of our trees are tulip poplars. These trees find such areas advantageous to their growth and commonly fill such forest gaps.
Tulip poplars are beautiful trees, one of my very favorites. They have tall straight trunks with large green "cat-shaped " leaves that turn gold in the fall. In spring, they have beautiful big flowers that look like tulips, hence their name.
This morning, my husband, Kevin, surprised me with an almost perfect tulip tree flower he'd found that had fallen to the ground from one of our trees.
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| Tulip tree tulip flower |
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