The laburnum plant reaches a height of 60 meters, has an elliptical crown with a diameter of 3.5 meters, brown branches with white powder, flowers in May, and fruits ripen in September-October. The height of the rowan plant reaches 40 meters, the crown is spherical, with a diameter of 1 meter, the branches and trunks are gray-brown or gray, the flowering period is in April to June, and the fruit ripens in October to November.

The difference between the laburnum and the rowan

The laburnum plant reaches a height of 60 meters, the crown is oval, with a diameter of 3.5 meters, the surface of the bark has a deep longitudinal fissure, the color of the branches and trunks is brown or purple-brown, with a white powder, the color of the flowers is green outside, yellowish-green inside, the petals are inverted ovate shape. Flowering occurs in May, and the fruit ripens in September-October.

The rowan plant reaches a height of 40 meters, the crown is spherical, with a diameter of 1 meter, the surface of the bark has a fishscale-shaped peeling, the color of the branches and trunks is gray or grayish-brown, the color of the flowers is yellow, the petals are in the shape of longitudinal stripes, the flowering period is in April-June, and the fruits ripen in October-November.

The laburnum prefers to grow in warm and moist environments, mainly on the sides of valleys or ravines, and in the middle and lower sections of mountain slopes. It is a general-purpose wood, commonly used in ship cabins, train interiors, machining, high-grade furniture, and as a building material.

Liriodendron tulipifera prefers to grow in sunny, warm and humid environments, and mainly grows in mountain forests and the edges of mixed forests in valleys at an altitude of 900 to 1,000 meters. Liriodendron tulipifera flowers are lush and beautiful, and the leaves are in the shape of goose paws, which is highly ornamental as a garden plant, and the bark of the tree can be used as medicine to dispel dampness and drive away cold.