A Giant Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Towering over

Those who walk under it;

Tall summer giant.

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I found this giant, years ago, on the Echo River Springs Trail, at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Some call this species a tulip-poplar tree, or a yellow poplar, but it's not a poplar at all; it's more closely related to the magnolia tree. The flowers look like tulips (see photo below).

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