{"id":4092,"date":"2012-05-24T02:07:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T07:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2012-05-24T02:09:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T07:09:05","slug":"the-tulip-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4092","title":{"rendered":"the tulip tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just last night, Karen and I were talking about how confusing it is when two different things go by the same name. We started the conversation with the chigger, which refers both to a mite (which takes a bite out of you) and to a flea (which burrows in you), and moved on to daddy long legs, which can be an arachnid (what I grew up with), a spider, or a fly.<\/p>\n<p>And today I found a third, although this one is admittedly closer than the previous two examples.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up calling this a tulip tree:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3398185430\/\" title=\"Magnolia Tree by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3637\/3398185430_27b0fb4344.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Magnolia Tree\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That would be a Magnolia Soulangiana. Living in the south, you come to know this is a magnolia, because it rivals the cherry for earliest flowering tree in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Come to find out, there&#8217;s another tree that&#8217;s also called the tulip tree. That would be this:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/7260368032\/\" title=\"Tulip Tree by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8164\/7260368032_c490757c61.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Tulip Tree\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also called the yellow poplar, but it&#8217;s not actually a poplar. Instead it&#8217;s a Liriodendron tulipifera.<\/p>\n<p><Center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/7260370822\/\" title=\"Yellow Poplar by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7088\/7260370822_5744cc60e4.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Yellow Poplar\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in the Magnolia family, but not in the Magnolioideae genus (where all the magnolias are classified). Instead it&#8217;s in the Liriodendron genus. <\/p>\n<p>These particular trees are growing in Rock Creek Park near Woodley Park.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/7260369084\/\" title=\"Yellow Poplar Bud by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7214\/7260369084_54b946e330.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Yellow Poplar Bud\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pretty cool, huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just last night, Karen and I were talking about how confusing it is when two different things go by the same name. 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