Liriodendron tulipifera L.
American whitewood; Tulip-tree; White-wood; Yellow "Poplar"; Canoe-wood
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Tulpenbaum | |
| English | American whitewood;Tulip-tree; White-wood; Yellow "Poplar"; Canoe-wood | |
| Français | Tulipier | |
| Italiano | Tulpenbaum | |
| Suomi | Tulpenbaum | |
| Norsk | Tulpenbaum | |
| Čeština | Tulpenbaum | |
| Español | Tulpenbaum | |
| Svenska | Tulpenbaum | |
| Polski | Tulpenbaum | |
| Український | Tulpenbaum | |
| Român | Tulpenbaum | |
| Русский | Tulpenbaum | |
| Български | Tulpenbaum | |
| EESTI | Tulpenbaum | |
| 日本語 | Tulpenbaum | |
| Other names | Amerikanisches Whitewood (D); American Whitewood, canary (white-) wood (US); /D weitere (etwas irreführende) Namen: tulip wood, tulip poplar, yellow poplar /E further (somewhat misleading) names: tulip wood, tulip poplar, yellow poplar /F autres noms (parfois équivoques): tulip wood, tulip poplar, yellow poplar /P outros nomes (um pouco enganadores): /S otros nombres (algo engañosos): tulip wood, tulip poplar, yellow poplar;Tulipifero |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | North America | |||
| States and Territories | Hawaii; Ontario; Illinois; Missouri; Connecticut; Indiana; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont; West Virginia; Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; District of Columbia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Magnoliales | |||
| Family | Magnoliaceae | |||
| Genus | Liriodendron | |||
| Species | tulipifera | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Liriodendron tulipifera L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/maglitul.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | gelb bis grün bis braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 4 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 4 | |||
| Common furniture beetle (Anobium) | n/a | |||
| Termites | n/a | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | n/a | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | n/a | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.4-0.5 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 614.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | ... | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
LITL , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz
LITL , braunkern, rift , ©Atlas Holz
LITL , gefaerbt, schwarz, rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
LITL , rift, dekorativ , ©Bollinger Furniere
LITL , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
LITL , 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid
Bark
LITL , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
LITL , IMG, 6455 ,
Leaves
LITL , IMG, 6453 ,
LITL , IMG, 6454 ,
Flowers
LITL , Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson