Record #:

8774

Author(s):

Padgett, James R.

Abstract:

Just outside Highlands, in Horse Cove, stands a 145-foot yellow poplar tree that dwarfs all other surrounding trees, including several red oak trees. Scientifically known as LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA, the Horse Cove Poplar is commonly called the tulip poplar. The Wasilik Poplar, another yellow poplar located in North Carolina, was the national champion in the American Forestry Association's registry of big poplar trees until a larger tree was discovered in Bedford County, Virginia.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 11, Apr 1982, p19-20, il

Subject(s):

Highlands--Description and travel; Poplar

Record #:

43715

Author(s):

Ross, John E.

Abstract:

"Ask anyone to name the signature hardwoods of Western North Carolina's mountains. They'll talk of chestnut, oaks, maple, walnut, and maybe hickory. Missing from most everyone's list will be the most heavily harvested hardwood--the one widely used by everyone from ancestors of the Cherokee people to makers of today's most modern furniture--the tulip tree, aka yellow poplar, or just plain poplar." Restorative benefits of tulip poplar were well know by the Cherokees. During the Civil War, poplar bark substituted for unavailable quinine as a cure for malaria.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spring 2023, p98-105, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poplar; tulip poplar