Native Trees of Kentucky 



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B. GEXUS MAGNOLIA. 



There are four species of the genus Magnolia native to Ken- 

 tucky : 



a. The Cucumber Tree Magnolia acuminata. 



b. The Umbrella Tree Magnolia tripetala. 



c. tar-leaved Umbrella Magnolia fraseri. 



d. Large-leaved Umbrella Magnolia macrophylla. 



Cucumber Tree Magnolia acuminata. 



The Cucumber Tree is 

 found in the ravines and coves 

 of the mountain region mixed 

 with Tulip Trees and Beech. 



Commercially, this tree is 

 used for many of the same 

 purposes as the Tulip Tree 

 and has the same value. 



The trees of merchantable 

 size have been cut in the most 

 accessible places, but the 

 stumps, if properly protected, 

 will form a second forest. 



The Mower, though large, is 

 inconspicuous, a yellowish 

 green, resembling the color of 

 the new leaves. 

 Tree 50 to 100 feet high ; trunk, tall and straight. 

 Bark thick, furrowed, covered with thin brown scales. 

 Lcares oblong, 6 to 10 inches long, tip pointed. 

 Fruit a fleshy, green cone resembling a cucumber : when 

 ripe, the cone become^ red and hangs out scarlet. 

 berrv-like seeds on slender, elastic threads. 



