MAGNOLIACEAE 



CUCUMBERTREE. CuCUMBER MaGNOLIA 

 Magnolia acuminata L. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 70-90 feet high and 3-4 feet in 

 diameter (max. 100 by 6 feet); clear, straight bole; pyramidal 

 crown with small branches. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; broadly elliptical to ovate; 6-10 inches 

 long; acute to acuminate at apex; rounded to broadly wedge- 

 shaped at base; margin entire or slightly repand; thin; bright 

 yellow-green and glabrous above; paler and glabrous to hairy 

 below. 



FLOWERS. Yellow-green; 2-3 inches long; not showy. 



FRUIT. Conelike aggregate of follicles, cylindric to ovoid, 

 2-3 inches long, glabrous. Seed; V^ inch long, red, suspended 

 on slender, white thread. 



TWIGS. Moderately stout; lustrous. Winter buds: terminal 

 Vi-% inch long, with white silvery hairs, lateral smaller. 



BARK. Thin; dark brown; shallowly furrowed with narrow 

 scaly ridges. 



GENERAL. The rare and local variety cordata (Michx.) 

 Sarg., with yellow flowers and hairy twigs ranges from central 

 North Carolina to central Georgia. 



Southern Magnolia. Evergreen Magnolia 

 Magnolia grandifiora L. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 60-80 feet high and 2-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 135 by \V2 feet) ; clear, straight bole; pyramidal 

 crown with small spreading branches. 



LEAVES. Persistent 2 years; narrowly oval to ovate; 5-8 

 inches long; acute to acuminate at apex; wedge-shaped at 

 base; margin entire; thick and leathery; bright green and 

 lustrous above; at maturity red-woolly below. 



FLOWERS. White; showy and fragrant; 6-8 inches in 

 diameter; with 6-12 large petals. 



FRUIT. Conelike aggregate of follicles, ovoid, 3-4 inches 

 long; red-woolly. Seed: Vi inch long, red, suspended on slender 

 white thread. 



TWIGS. Stout; red-woolly. Winter buds: terminal \-\V2 

 inches long, white- or red-woolly, lateral smaller. 



BARK. Thin; gray to light brown; on old stems scaly with 

 small scales rarely over 1 inch in length. 



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