What tree is this?

tulip poplar.

Yup, tulip poplar.

what they said.

aka: yellow poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera. Latin for "tulip tree tulip tree". So good, they named it twice.

Thanks guys.

part of the magnolia family, I believe.

Tulip but not a poplar, it actually has no relation to the poplar family. If I remember right it’s closest relationship is to the cucumber tree which includes magnolias.

good beaver bait

true. but it has been "poplar" in common usage for a LOOOONG time.

and one source has Liriodendron as meaning "lily tree".

another source has it as "lyre-tree".

so; it's either "lily tree, tulip-bearing", or "lyre-tree, tulip-bearing".

My wife has a tulip wood Longbow…very fast too

Looks like it would hold a politicritter or two

Tulip wood is easily worked and carved. Being somewhat soft and knot frees. The grain does not tear. Takes glue, paint and fasteners well. Very useful for millwork and trim.
Was used in the past for bread bowls and kitchener.

Also a major honey plant over most of the east. Heavy producer of nectar making for a full bodied and flavored dark honey.

A locator for morels!

very interesting information They are a common where I live but never knew they where a source of nectar for bees

Burns fast, not bad for quick fires in the wood stove. But not an all nighter log.

Splits if ya look at it cross eyed!

John

Those grow straight and limbless in the wetter areas down here. I seek em out to latch my Summit climbers on when bowhunting. Can climb em quietly due to the tight bark.

No rot resistance at all so use for for interior use and never for ground contact.

Save it. Good honey flow.

TrapperKent

It's a keeper for sure. Two nice big maples out front, hackberry and tulip poplar on the north side, majestic white oak way out back and a yuge sawtooth oak hanging over the chicken coop. They're all a good safe distance from the house. Trees are worth their weight in gold IMO just for the shade, birds, squirrels etc. I love trees when they're in the right place.

My experience, poplars need to get some size to them before they become reliable heavy nectar producers. So the big ones need to be cherished and protected if honey is your game.

When I got into bees 40 years ago we had a couple giants just off the back corner of the place I grew up. Both were close to ten foot across. And there were a few dozen in that hollow over three foot with many more scattered through the area. About a mile away was an even bigger one sitting on a creek bank.

It was nothing to stack half a dozen shallow supers on for the poplar flow.

Some of those have good value.
Have an 8' butt here that I was told weighs 5500 lbs.
Two guys want it but can't haul it.
Shame to firewood it.
It bloomed same time as big leaf maple and
yes the bees loved it.
It was cute when small, and dangerous when big.

I thought yellow poplar was the one that grew on Allegheny River
ridges and different than tulip.
Always interesting tree / plant topics.

Same tree by many different names.

We just call them poplar in these parts and we have lots of them. Young ones or small branches make great beaver bait sticks. They love them.

So.e aces call em Popple trees

They are popple here in the center of Pa.......jk