A fallen limb gives a rare close look at Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree.

A fallen limb gives a rare close look at Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood.