What kind of tree is this

[Mazat]

we saw this tree today.

what kind of tree is this ?

he had special leaves 

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Mazat said:

we saw this tree today.

what kind of tree is this ?

he had special leaves 

Leaves look right for these: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53580-Liriodendron     ...Just not sure which sp. would be planted there..

Interesting tree but -at least where i grew up in CA., these were sap sucking insect magnets..  insect activity in city planted specimens = quite literally coating the street ( and anything else parked under 'em ) in a slippery layer of sap that was hard to remove after it dried.

Became a bad enough issue in some neighborhoods that all specimens planted were cut down.. ...Those not already killed by drought anyway.

Best looking ..and healthy, lol... specimens?  Eastern / Southeastern U.S.

[Mazat]

15 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Leaves look right for these: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53580-Liriodendron     ...Just not sure which sp. would be planted there..

Interesting tree but -at least where i grew up in CA., these were sap sucking insect magnets..  insect activity in city planted specimens = quite literally coating the street ( and anything else parked under 'em ) in a slippery layer of sap that was hard to remove after it dried.

Became a bad enough issue in some neighborhoods that all specimens planted were cut down.. ...Those not already killed by drought anyway.

Best looking ..and healthy, lol... specimens?  Eastern / Southeastern U.S.

thank you very much for your explinations, Informations and identification include link.

Oh dear, and we thought it would be an asset 🤔😬 

We'll take a photo of it as soon as it blooms

[Silas_Sancona]

Just now, Mazat said:

thank you very much for your explinations, Informations and identification include link.

Oh dear, and we thought it would be an asset 🤔😬 

We'll take a photo of it as soon as it blooms

  ..They might do fine where you're located. so i'd just watch the specimen(s) you observed over time to see how they do. 

Like a lot of trees from the eastern U.S. ..and " milder " parts of Europe, and / or Asia where moisture is  typically more adequate than most parts of CA, these struggle, or look " ok " at best.. More often than not anyway..

Any tree struggling where it isn't well adapted ( or isn't properly cared for ) will often lead to Y or X problem.. In the case of these, constantly stressed specimens leads to a sap sucking insect buffet.

[SeanK]

Tulip poplar. Here in ATL, the flowers have dropped already.

[Mazat]

14 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

  ..They might do fine where you're located. so i'd just watch the specimen(s) you observed over time to see how they do. 

Like a lot of trees from the eastern U.S. ..and " milder " parts of Europe, and / or Asia where moisture is  typically more adequate than most parts of CA, these struggle, or look " ok " at best.. More often than not anyway..

Any tree struggling where it isn't well adapted ( or isn't properly cared for ) will often lead to Y or X problem.. In the case of these, constantly stressed specimens leads to a sap sucking insect buffet.

thank you very much for your further explanations and information, Nathan.
that's good, we will continue to monitor them.

[Mazat]

9 hours ago, SeanK said:

Tulip poplar. Here in ATL, the flowers have dropped already.

then spring often starts in january in your climate ? 
Sean, by the way, do you also grow CIDP in your garden?

[SeanK]

3 hours ago, Mazat said:

then spring often starts in january in your climate ? 
Sean, by the way, do you also grow CIDP in your garden?

The spring starts in March here. I will take another look to see if these still have flowers.

No, too cold and wet for CIDP. The minimum averages 10°F / -12°C. They are marginal even in Augusta, GA. I only see them far south Georgia or near the Atlantic coast. 

[SeanK]

@Mazat - I checked my neighborhood today. It looks like Tulip Poplar is in flowers last week and this week. 

 

[Mazat]

18 hours ago, SeanK said:

The spring starts in March here. I will take another look to see if these still have flowers.

No, too cold and wet for CIDP. The minimum averages 10°F / -12°C. They are marginal even in Augusta, GA. I only see them far south Georgia or near the Atlantic coast. 

They fall so low.

I wouldn't have thought so

[Mazat]

6 hours ago, SeanK said:

@Mazat - I checked my neighborhood today. It looks like Tulip Poplar is in flowers last week and this week. 

 

wow, wonderful.

we are curious to see when it will happen here at the lake 

[SeanK]

6 hours ago, Mazat said:

wow, wonderful.

we are curious to see when it will happen here at the lake 

Google the flowers. They're quite remarkable for a tree.

[Fusca]

On 4/17/2025 at 1:46 AM, Mazat said:

wow, wonderful.

we are curious to see when it will happen here at the lake 

They're the state tree of Tennessee (Liriodendron tulipifera) where I'm from - they're quite 'poplar'!  🤣  I had several HUGE ones on my property when I still lived there.  They were over 35 meters tall and can get even taller.  They produced a lot of litter but I don't recall any sap like @Silas_Sancona mentioned in California but it might be a different species.  My house sat high on the top of a hill and the trees planted at the road far below still provided adequate shade for the house!

[Silas_Sancona]

25 minutes ago, Fusca said:

They produced a lot of litter but I don't recall any sap like @Silas_Sancona mentioned in California but it might be a different species. 

Regular ol' Liriodendron tulipifera  planted out there..


Species from China, Liriodendron chinense, or the hybrid isn't planted in the states.. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125421-Liriodendron-chinense

Couldn't find some of the other articles that had been put out around the same time but,  found this from an Arborist - related forum site from another part of the Bay Area...

Exact  issues i'd see w/ specimens that used to be planted all over my old neighborhood, and in other parts of town..



 

[Fusca]

31 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Regular ol' Liriodendron tulipifera  planted out there..


Species from China, Liriodendron chinense, or the hybrid isn't planted in the states.. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125421-Liriodendron-chinense

Couldn't find some of the other articles that had been put out around the same time but,  found this from an Arborist - related forum site from another part of the Bay Area...

Exact  issues i'd see w/ specimens that used to be planted all over my old neighborhood, and in other parts of town..

My trees might very well have produced sap but I never parked underneath them.  Did you like my pun or is it not worthy of mentioning?  Ha ha!

[Silas_Sancona]

2 minutes ago, Fusca said:

My trees might very well have produced sap but I never parked underneath them.  Did you like my pun or is it not worthy of mentioning?  Ha ha!

Not worth mentioning,

[Mazat]

On 4/17/2025 at 3:45 PM, SeanK said:

Google the flowers. They're quite remarkable for a tree.

I did it. yes, they are 🤗

[Mazat]

We took new pictures today.

[Mazat]

another place near lake. older tree, probably the same species