The tulip poplar is a softwood deciduous tree that is one of the two largest trees in the Eastern ... and white-footed mice eat the samara seeds. It also provides thermal cover for various animals and ...

The flowers are pollinated by the wind and female catkins then develop into fluffy cotton-like seeds ... of the trees were female. Bere Marsh Farm has one male and one female black poplar on ...

Only about 370 true black poplar trees have been recorded growing in ... very specific conditions to reproduce naturally. Their seeds are short-lived, and male and female trees need to be sited ...