"Flowering Oak" Is Likely a Tuliptree

Large oak in Michigan blooms with peach/white tulip-shaped flowers. Other oaks don't. Owner asks for ID.

Identification

Oaks have catkins, not showy flowers. This is almost certainly a Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar), Liriodendron tulipifera.

Compare leaves, bark, flowers: OPLIN Tuliptree Fact Sheet. If not a match, email photos to jimhyland@yahoo.com.

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