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Magnoliaceae
Magnolia

not marked as a favorite taxon Magnolia fraseri Walter. Common name: Fraser Magnolia, Mountain Magnolia, Earleaf Umbrella-tree. Phenology: Apr-May; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Mesic to dry forests. Distribution: A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: sw. PA (found in the 2010s, S. Grund, pers. comm., 2019), KY, and w. VA south through w. NC and e. TN to nw. SC, n. GA, and ne. AL.

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Subgenus: Magnolia. Section: Tuliparia.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA3, G, K4, NS, NY, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, Hardin & Jones (1989); = Magnolia fraseri Walter ssp. fraseri — Tobe (1998); = Magnolia fraseri Walter var. fraseri — POWO, Frodin & Govaerts (1996), Spongberg (1998); = n/a — Pa; = Paramagnolia fraseri (Walter) Sima & S.G.Lu var. fraseri — Sima & Lu (2012). Basionym: Magnolia fraseri Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Magnolia fraseri - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Magnolia fraseri© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Magnolia fraseri© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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native range: southeastern United States



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