Acknowledgments

Introduction

Featured Trees

Tree Location

Additional Feature Photos

Dawn Redwood

Kentucky Coffeetree

Ornamental Pear

Blue Beech

Northern Catalpa

Ginkgo

American Yellowwood

River Birch

Red Pine

Magnolia

Japanese Tree Lilac

Quaking Aspen

Tulip Tree

Eastern Redbud

Eastern White Pine

Amur Maackia

Autumn Purple Ash

Crabapple 'Donald Wyman'

Princess Kay Canadian Plum

Ruby Red Horsechestnut

Black Locust ‘Purple Robe’

Northern Pin Oak

Freeman Maple

Black Alder

Littleleaf Linden

Balsam Fir

Norway Spruce 'Acrocona'

Trees Company

Glossary

References

(Liriodendron tulipifera)

One of the more unique trees on the Winona State University campus is the Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera).  Also called the Tulip Magnolia, Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar, the tree is a member of the Magnolia family but was often mistaken for a Poplar because of its soft, white wood.

The Tulip Tree can be recognized by its leaves, which are long-petioled and have an unusual squarish shape seemingly to have been cut off at the tip.  The leaves turn a bright orange yellow in the fall.  This beautiful tree gets its common name from its greenish-yellow tulip-like flowers.

The Tulip Tree is one of the largest eastern hardwoods and commonly attains a height of 80 to 100 feet.  Individual trees have grown to 150 feet with a trunk diameter of 8 to 12 feet.  Though considered a hardwood, the Tulip Tree has been prized because it grows straight and tall and its wood is relatively soft and workable.

The Tulip Tree has ancient lineage, dating back over 50 million years.  Though native to North America, fossil leaves of this particular tree have also been found in rocks of Europe and Greenland.  Interestingly, the Tulip Tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Winona State University's Tulip Tree was made possible through a donation from faculty members and was planted in the plaza between Gildemeister and Pasteur Halls during a May 2000 celebration of the completion of the campus central mall green space.

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