The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
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have long loved this tree with its leaves and flowers....and had... [DOC] [TLE] The tulip poplar | Mountain Xpress [PAR] Oct 15, 2003 ... That both Washington and Jefferson grew this splendid tree merely adds ... 
What's more, some historians claim that Daniel Boone fashioned a 60-foot 
pirogue (dugout canoe) from a single tulip-tree trunk to transport his family ... And 
then there's the tulip poplar Washington planted in 1785 at Mount Vernon,... [DOC] [TLE] Tuliptree "Yellow Poplar" - Rackley Technologies, LLC [PAR] The Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar) can be expected to grow in the zones shown in 
color in the ...