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| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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| Magnoliaceae | Magnolia virginiana | | Non-standard. Added for North Carolina Botanical Garden planted species. | | |
| Magnoliaceae | Magnolia virginiana var. australis | Southern Sweet Bay | Pocosins, bay forests, and swamps in the Coastal Plain, streamhead pocosins, swamps, and sandhill seeps in the Sandhills, bogs and peaty swamps in the Piedmont and Mountains. | Se. NC south to s. FL, and west to e. TX, rarely extending into more interior provinces; disjunct in nw. Cuba. | 
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| Magnoliaceae | Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana | Northern Sweet Bay | 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. | Se. MA south to w. NC, s. SC, and e. GA. | 
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