EcologyEcology, how organisms interact in an Environment410Ecology2022-09-08T16:17:22Ecologick Allysoundbarry.david.adams@googlemail.comLocal EcologistTulip Tree Among the Oaks (City Trees, Sept/Oct 2022)2022-08-31T15:02:00, Skip to main content Local Ecologist Search Search This Blog Home About Book Reviews More Tulip Tree Among the Oaks City Trees , Sept Oct 2022 August 31, 2022 Tuliptree , Liriodendron tulipifera is my favorite tree . I am pleased to have an essay about this species in the September October 2022 issue of City Trees . Thank you to Michelle Sutton for her skilled revisions and to Sarah Gugercin for the appealing layout . nbsp Here is an excerpt . The myriad forms of tulip tree’s leaf and flower are striking . The terminal bud , with its valvate scales , favors a duck’s bill . According to my friend Akilah , the two-lobed leaf resembles a cat’s face . The tree’s flower , I suppose , resembles the flower of a tulip bulb , but the blossom of tulip tree is more complex . Read the entire article0c0b035c986aaa2988d36385dc1da817