By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist In recent columns, we’ve looked at Kentucky state symbols for the bird, which is the ...

Native Americans used the inner barks of the yellow poplar for medicinal purposes, including making cough syrup and as a remedy to treat arthritis and cholera. The soft and light wood of the ...

Liriodendron tulipifera is commonly known as a yellow poplar, tulip tree ... as fewer tools are needed to desirably shape its soft wood. Historically, the tulip poplar was used by the Cherokee in ...

Poplar wood is straight-grained and has a uniform overall texture. The wood itself grows in a range of colors but usually, it is a whitish to pale yellow hue. A cord of wood is a measure of unit ...

Yellow poplar, also known as “tulip tree,” isn ... Crafting. This particular wood isn’t generally recommended for major building projects. This is mainly because trees harvested for ...

Due to the straight grain, the wood is used for venetian blind slats, working as well or better than basswood. It would be easy to substitute magnolia for any use that now uses yellow-poplar.

Other trees with "maple-like" leaves—the sycamore, sweetgum, and yellow poplar—have leaves that are alternate in arrangement. Maples are among the most shade-tolerant deciduous trees and ...

yellow pine and yellow poplar wood in the project. The work is set for completion by August 2016.