#yellowpoplar

Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar.  Liriodendron tulipifera.  If you are a honeybeeist you know that this is your last big nectar producer of the spring and, as a tree, it can dominate nectar availability in forests at that time of year (earlier in the season it is usually dominated by the spring wildflowers/shrubs of the understory).  Deciduous forests, not fields, are where the action is in the spring in many Eastern habitats.  Of course, the native bee species are attracted to this tree too (or else why would the tree bother with all this nectar production?), but ... what are they?  Darn it, as far as I can tell from the weak literature and specimen label data, we really don't know, but it must be big!  Darn those tall trees.  Picture and specimen by Helen Lowe Metzman.      

Yellow Poplar Coastal Discovery Museum-Hilton Head Island South Carolina Sunday trees

Willow oak leaves - Trees with yellow to yellow-orange #fall #foliage burst forth with a blaze of bright color until dropping their #leaves for the #winter. If you’re a fan of #trees that turn yellow in #autumn, there are many from which to choose. These include, but are not limited to, many types of #maple, #Katsura, #larch, #serviceberry, #ginkgo, #yellowpoplar, #willowoak and #buckeye.

Yellow faced sisters and a white faced brother of the family; _Polistes mandarinus_ #paperwasp #wasp #pupation #larvae #キボシアシナガバチ _Liriodendron tulipifera_ #whitewood #yellowpoplar #tuliptree #leaves #ユリノキ 家族の記録に新展開。ついに♂が羽化した。画面右端の白い顔が♂。自分では獲物を狩らないので、育房の中の妹たちが吐き戻す栄養液を口移しで貰う。巣の中に頭を突っ込んでいるその様子も撮れているが、♂ということが分かりづらいので今回はボツ。 家族が増えた割に育房の数が少ない。今年の古い育房を再利用しているからと思われる。 (三ツ寺公園)

Favorable Growth _Polistes mandarinus_ #paperwasp #wasp #pupation #larvae #キボシアシナガバチ _Liriodendron tulipifera_ #whitewood #yellowpoplar #tuliptree #leaves #ユリノキ 家族は順調に育っている。 (三ツ寺公園)

_Liriodendron tulipifera_ #whitewood #yellowpoplar #tuliptree #leaves #ユリノキ (三ツ寺公園)

We lost several branches from our #yellowpoplar in last nights storm, but I think we still made out pretty well, since there's an entire tree laying across the road about a quarter mile from our house. (at Mackey, Indiana)