| Scientific Name: | Liriodendron chinense |
| Common Name: | Chinese tulip tree |
| Family Name: | Magnoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Fragrance, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Other, Entire, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Green, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Samara, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Coarse-textured tree; leaves alternate, ovate, 10-15(-20)cm long x 8-12(-15)cm wide, with 4 lobes and look like cartoon ghosts or whale fins and tail, apex notched-truncate, base truncate, petiole 4-10cm long. Winter ID: bark is highly netted with vertical stripes, leaf scars nearly round with bundle scars scattered. | |