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Magnoliaceae
Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus var. virginiana. Common name: Northern Sweet Bay. Phenology: Apr-Jul; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pocosins, bay forests, and swamps in the Coastal Plain, streamhead pocosins, swamps, and sandhill seeps in the fall-line Sandhills, bogs and peaty swamps in the Piedmont. Distribution: Se. MA south to w. NC, s. SC, and e. GA.

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Subgenus: Magnolia. Section: Magnolia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, K4, NY, POWO, Tobe (1998); = Magnolia virginiana L. ssp. virginiana — NE, Palmarola-Bejerano, Romanov, & Bobrov (2008); < Magnolia glauca L.; < Magnolia virginiana L. — AqW, C, FNA3, G, GW2, NS, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, Frodin & Govaerts (1996), Hardin & Jones (1989), Sima & Lu (2012), Spongberg (1998). Basionym: Magnolia virginiana L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Magnolia virginiana - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image of plant© Alan Weakley source
image of plant© Alan Weakley source
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