Mystery Solved: Under the spreading arms of a Tulip Tree

In an earlier post, entitled ‘Motorcycle Miles Pt 2: Under the spreading arms of a mystery tree’, I asked for a bit of help.


["One of my original images from Strathroy, Ont.": snaps GH]

I shared photos of a lovely tree and its unusual leaves and wondered if you could identify it for me.


(I thought it was some kind of maple; I was wrong and that really doesn’t happen very often. And if you believe that, then you’re a new reader, right?)


["Image from www.olddominionwildlife.com"]


Liz, a reader, asked, “Is it a tulip tree?”

After hours of research (and if you believe that... ) I do conclude it is a Tulip Tree aka Yellow Poplar.

Link to Old Dominion Wildlife, an informative site, and learn more about the tree from a naturalist’s point of view.


Thanks to Liz a mystery is solved.

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Unfortunately, Liz, I ran out of prizes a few years ago.

But world-wide fame is almost assured.

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