Davie Poplar

The Davie Poplar is a large tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ), with an estimated age of 300-375 years. The tree stands on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was named as the Davie Poplar honor of William Richardson Davie, a general during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the University.

The tree was already a large specimen were made when the plans for the University in 1792. The legend tells that Davie personally, after a good summer picnic under the tree chose the square of the university campus around the tree. This story, however, is not true, because the location of the university was selected by a six-member committee in 1792. The tree was not until almost a century later named Cornelia Phillips named Davie, to commemorate this legend.

The most persistent associated with the tree Legend has it that as long as the Davie Poplar stops, it also go to the University well and they will grow. However, if the tree falls, to be doomed and the university. For this reason, many measures have been taken to preserve the tree.