Trees with especially unique leaves include ginkgo, sassafras, yellow poplar, and mulberry. Here, we explore the various classifications that foresters study when identifying trees by leaf shapes ...

Maple, Sycamore, yellow poplar, and sweetgum trees are known for their lobed leaves, which turn bright colors in fall. Here's how to tell them apart.

Tulip poplar is also a common ornamental tree, prized for the beautiful yellow color of its leaves in autumn. Up-close, each leaf appears to resemble the Looney Tunes character Sylvester the Cat. Its ...

Purchase trees from a local nursery and plant between spring and early fall. Tulip trees do best in a sunny spot that has ...

Plenty of leaves—for instance, from tulip poplar, willow, and ginkgo trees—have unusual shapes that can tell you right away what kind of tree it is. Other leaves will give you some hints: Long ...

If you’ve ever had to work on a tree leaf collection, no doubt you included a leaf from Indiana’s state tree. Also known as tulip poplar and yellow poplar, the tuliptree is actually not a poplar at ...

Known for its oddly shaped leaves and bright tulip-formed flowers, most of us shorten its name to simply “poplar. ... Despite the scorn that some people reserve for our poplar trees, ...