Adress
Parc de Wolvendael Uccle
GPS coordinates :
50.8000 , 4.3425
Partner :
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Identity

Latin name :
Liriodendron tulipifera
French name :
Tulipier
Dutch name :
Tulpenboom
English name :
Yellow-poplar
Family :
Magnoliaceae
Height :
-
Targeted height :
Can grow up to 60 m in USA, 40 m in Belgium
Diameter of the crown :
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Trunk circumference :
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Expected circumference :
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Expected longevity :
Can live for 400–500 years
Origin / Indigenous
North America, eastern USA
Favorite soil :
cool and damp
Favorite climate
Cool and temperate (hot summer)
Belgian Federal State Collection on permanent loan to the Meise Botanical Garden. < https://www.plantentuinmeise.be/en/home/ > Michaux, Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, vol. 3, 1813

Features and characters of the individual

"In these hot summer months of 2019, the Braille League Library organised a second series of storytelling walks in the Brussels parks, meeting some remarkable trees. A beautiful tactile, sonorous and perfumed exploration, including this giant sequence from the Wolvendeal Park."

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