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Magnoliaceae

42-Liriodendron tree

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The tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), also called tulip popular or yellow popular, is the tallest native tree in eastern North America, up to 200 feet tall with trunks 8-10 feet in diameter.

Photo by K. R. Robertson in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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