Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Family: Magnoliaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in spruce beer, where it also serves to correct the bitterness of the beer. — The root is used as a lemon-like flavouring in spruce beer, where it also serves to correct the bitterness of the beer.; The bark of the root and branches have a pleasant rather pungent scent.

Habitat & North American Range

Deep rich rather moist soils on mountain slopes and by streams. Rich woodlands, bluffs, low mountains, and hills from sea level to 1500 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)