Poets linked Indiana with the blossom of the tulip tree, or yellow poplar, as early as 1870. Moreover, the tulip tree’s blossom even served as Indiana’s state flower from 1923 to 1931. That’s likely what clinched it...when Indianans lost the tulip tree as their state flower, they simply designated it their state tree on March 3, 1931.
The tulip tree was much more common when forests covered most of Indiana. The destruction of Indiana’s forests seems to be represented on Indiana’s state seal, which depicts a man felling a tree. It also depicts a tulip tree leaf.
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