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Liriodendron chinense, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1031 most planted

Liriodendron chinense

Chinese tulip poplar · also Chinese tulip tree, Chinese whitewood

167
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
9.0 in
median trunk (23 cm, 165 measured)

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Liriodendron chinense, also known as the Chinese tulip tree, is Asia's native species in the genus Liriodendron. It is found in central and southern China and locally in northern Vietnam. Its conservation status is near threatened.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Vancouver · Canada
    158—9.0 in
  2. Boston · United States
    718 yr21 in
  3. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    2——

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

  • Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
  • South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests

Other Liriodendron in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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