Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus var. virginiana . Subgenus: Magnolia. Section: Magnolia. Northern Sweet Bay. Phen: Apr-Jul; Jul-Oct. Hab: 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. Dist: Se. MA south to w. NC, s. SC, and e. GA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = F, K3, K4, NY, Tobe (1998); = Magnolia virginiana L. ssp. virginiana – NE, Palmarola-Bejerano, Romanov, & Bobrov (2008); < Magnolia glauca L.; < Magnolia virginiana L. – AqW, C, FNA3, G, GW2, K1, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, Frodin & Govaerts (1996), Hardin & Jones (1989), Sima & Lu (2012), Spongberg (1998)

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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