Please help me identify this leave

[bunkerchump]

Hi All, need some help identifying this large tree. Leaf as pictured. Car key as a scale. Tree is about 70ft tall over 2ft in diamater. Trunk is not smooth, but has deep verticle straight lines. Looked through online resources for trees which grow in this area (Northeast - specifically southwestern CT) and cannot find anything that matches. In the late spring, early summer, the tree flowers, large orange flowers. Anyone have any ideas what this is???

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Thanks,

[Tom Cook]

It looks to be a Tulip Tree Leaf.

[jimsudz]

Hey John, looks like a Tulip Poplar leaf (Yellow Poplar) leaf.The tree is usually nice and straight, bark looks similar to ash just more coarse,and a lighter shade of green.

[heus]

Good wood for the evaporator. Some around here also use it for barn siding. In the spring it produces tons of nectar for honeybees. I have many in my woods, some 4 feet in diameter.

[maple flats]

Yes Tulip Poplar. It is very soft, breaks rather easily (sometimes a top will blow down and there are no signs of rot where it broke, while no other trees have damage). It does make good siding but must be above ground. If you ever decide to have some siding made from it, use something else for the lower 2-3' and then go with the tulip. It will last a good long time that way, even with no paint or stain. With time it will turn to a grey and many will think it is grey stain.

[red maples]

tulip poplar yes good for evap wood. awful to burn for heat much like the black poplar/aspen. pretty soft and quite fiberous I think its a pain to split beacuse it breaks so easy the bigger stuff gets stringy like a stump wood. and you need to have it bone dry as it absorbs moisture right out of the air better than a sponge. but once its dry it burns hard and fast like pine. no coals.

[bunkerchump]

Thanks, everyone! I have a bunch around, and did notice during the storms, that this tree often takes the brunt of the damage, but didnt see any visible sign of disease in them. Now I know why. I plan on cutting a few that are crowding my sugar maples. Thanks again!

[happy thoughts]

Tulip poplar is also a good tree to look around for morels in the spring.

[red maples]

just please make sure you know what your doing before picking any wild mushroom as some mushrooms can fool even seasoned mushroom people and they can shread your liver!!! and kill you!!!

[bunkerchump]

just please make sure you know what your doing before picking any wild mushroom as some mushrooms can fool even seasoned mushroom people and they can shread your liver!!! and kill you!!!

My grandfather and I used to pick mushrroms when I was a kid. He died unexpectedly last year in the spring just when we were talking about him showing me which ones to pick. I know some are really bad, so I'm not planning on picking any until I learn more. I remember two types we used to pick, they look like straw mushrooms that you'd buy in a can, but my grandmother used to soak them in salt water first, then saute' them with butter. The other ones were larger that would bruise a color when you pressed on them underneath (but dont remember which color, and I'm sure many poisonous mushrooms react the same way.)