FDR's Favorite Tree

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Roosevelt Farm Lane Trail. FDR’s Favorite Tree.

FDR: “There is nothing in nature I am as fond of as a tree.”

You’re standing near a tulip poplar tree, the species FDR often said was his favorite tree.

The tulip poplar is a tall member of the magnolia family--one of the tallest North American hardwood trees. It grows on moist fertile soils in the eastern U.S. from the Gulf Coast to southern New England. It earned its name from the large tulip-shaped flowers that grow high in the tree canopy. The fast-growing tulip poplar can reach heights of 150 feet. This hardy tree took to the Hyde Park environment, and many of FDR’s plantings thrive in these woods to this day.

If the tulip poplar leaf looks familiar to you, it’s because the Hyde Park Trail System has adopted its leaf as its official logo--a fitting tribute to Hyde Park’s most famous friend of the forest.

Description

The tulip poplar, often identified by FDR as his favorite tree, is a tall member of the magnolia family--one of the tallest North American hardwood trees.

Duration

1 minute, 7 seconds

Credit

National Park Service

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