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

Subject(s):

Poplar; tulip poplar