The Birch and the Poplar Trees

Identifying some of the plants and trees on our school grounds.
Lesson 6: The Birch and the Poplar, or Tulip, Trees.
This video also corrects a mistake on the video about maple trees and explains how to tell the different between Norway maples and sugar maples.

[@savannahflora6750]

Hey can I send you a photo of this tree I have I can’t figure out what it is:(

[@gsimonel]

Hi Savannah. I can't make any promises, but I'm happy to look at the photo to see if I can recognize it.

[@petrabednar3551]

Tulip poplar is NOT a poplar! It’s just a name, completely different family!

[@gsimonel]

You are correct, it is not a true poplar. But that's what everyone calls it around here, so that's the term I use in the video. Common names of tree often vary depending on where you live. Hence, the blue beech; I mean, the water beech; no, I mean ironwood; no wait, it's a muscle tree; no, it's a hornbeam . . .