Tulip poplar leaf shape

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) May 07, 2006

I have noticed lots of photos online of tulip poplar leaves that have pointed lobes, like the ones in Decumbent's pictures. All of them in my area have more rounded lobes. Could this be a regional difference?

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Marianinark Compton, AR(Zone 6a) May 07, 2006

Mine are definitely pointed:
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL635/2413050/6513951/61716082.jpg

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) May 07, 2006

Here's the typical shape of mine.

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) May 07, 2006

Yours are weird mutants, Escambia! Did radioactive UFOs ever land in your area? Maybe Atmore is the eastern sister city of Roswell NM!

I once saw a cultivar in Germany that has such leaves, but I can't recall the name.

Guy S.

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) May 07, 2006

Almost all of the ones growing wild around here have the rounded edges. The leaf I posted was off of a stump sprout but all of them pretty much look like that.

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Marianinark Compton, AR(Zone 6a) May 07, 2006

Es.Guy, maybe you need to market yours!

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) May 07, 2006

Here's a sapling I found.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) May 07, 2006

I think I like yours better!

Scott

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) May 07, 2006

Yes, they're rounded like that in the far southeastern US (and even more so in Florida)

See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron

Resin

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Marianinark Compton, AR(Zone 6a) May 08, 2006

I wonder if they are as hardy as the ones here. Are the blossoms the same?

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) May 08, 2006

The blossoms look the same too me.

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