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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Magnoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Magnolia grandiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 080-02-002:

Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Magnolia grandiflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Magnolia, Bull Bay


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p34

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_378

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_magr4_005_lhd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_m_grandiflora_3603

January    Hampton County    SC

Lake Warren State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm0402d_18

February    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Buds have brown hairs, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk897_a

May-June?    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0306b_09

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0306b_10

June    Greenville County    SC

Flowers 7-8" across on stout hairy stalks, very fragrant, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Keith Bradley    kab_m_grandiflora_70

June    Polk County    NC

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Keith Bradley    kab_m_grandiflora_77877

June    Polk County    NC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_m_grandiflora_2

June        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_m_grandiflora_3

June        

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_061221charleston02

June    Charleston County    SC

Isle of Palms

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070521atlanta22

July    DeKalb County    GA

Kittredge Park

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070521atlanta23

July    DeKalb County    GA

Kittredge Park

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Gill Newberry    gn09_m_grandiflora_flower

September        

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Gill Newberry    gn09_m_grandiflora_young_

September        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_magnolia_grandiflora

September        

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Paul Thompson    pstmagnolia_grandiflora

September?        

Note brown pubescence on young twigs, buds, petioles, and leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension


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Gill Newberry    gn10_m_grandiflora_fruit

October        

Seeds bright red, each suspended from follicle by a slender elastic thread, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE fruits that are an aggregate of follicles

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Gill Newberry    gn10_m_grandiflora_young2

October        

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JK Marlow    jkm131003_833

October    Greenville County    SC

Fruit a pubescent, cone-like aggregate of follicles, rosy red at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm131003_841

October    Greenville County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_m_grand_cnc_1

November        

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JK Marlow    jkm0212c_23

December    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Magnolia grandiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 080-02-002:
Magnolia grandiflora   FAMILY Magnoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Magnolia grandiflora

 

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897

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: maritime forests, mesic Coastal Plain bluffs and flats, bottomlands, now also widely naturalized, spreading from cultivation into wet to mesic (and even dry) forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Piedmont

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
6-12 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Seeds red
Aggregate of follicles

 

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