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	Magnolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another primitive aspect of Magnolias is their lack of distinct sepals or petals.
		Mississippi's state nickname is the "Magnolia State", because of the abundance of magnolias in the state.
		Magnolia plumieri (1788) was published on a later date by Schwartz, and is treated as a later synonym, as are Magnolia fatiscens (1817; Richard), Talauma caerulea (Jaume St-Hilaire 1805) and Magnolia linguifolia (1822).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnolia (2352 words)

	Fraser magnolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fraser magnolia (Magnolia fraseri) also called Mountain magnolia, Earleaf cucumbertree, or Mountain-oread, is a small, deciduous tree native to the southern Appalachians.
		It is a basal-branching, fragrant plant, with auriculate-lobed leaves and brown bark with a "warty" or "scaly" texture.
		The fruit is a woody, oblong, cone-like structure (like all Magnolias) up to 12 cm long, covered in small, pod-like follicles which contain one or two red seeds that hang out from the cone by a slender thread when ripe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fraser_magnolia (250 words)

	Untitled Document
		Introduction: Bigleaf magnolia has huge leaves that are 12 to 36 inches long, and ivory-colored flowers that average 8 to 10 inches across.
		Bigleaf magnolia occurs over a large area but individual trees are scarce.
		Bigleaf magnolia was introduced into the landscape in 1800.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/Horticulture/kytreewebsite/treeprofiles/text/mmacrophyllainfo.htm (336 words)

	WildWNC.org : Trees : Cucumbertree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata), also called cucumber magnolia, yellow cucumbertree, yellow-flower magnolia, and mountain magnolia, is the most widespread and hardiest of the eight native magnolia species in the United States, and the only magnolia native to Canada.
		Cucumbertree is the hardiest of the native tree-size magnolias.
		Magnolia flowers are perfect and are borne singly at the ends of the branches.
	wildwnc.org /trees/Magnolia_acuminata.html (2589 words)

	Magnolia
		Magnolias are generally soft-wooded and may be prone to breakage in ice storms.
		Star magnolia is a dense, oval-to-rounded deciduous shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree that grows 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide.
		Magnolia x loebneri (Loebner Magnolia) This deciduous tree is 20 to 30 feet tall with a slightly greater spread.
	hgic.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1015.htm (2140 words)

	Magnolia macrophylla: Bigleaf Magnolia
		Bigleaf Magnolia grows slowly to 30 to 40 feet and spreads 20 to 25 feet forming a rounded, broad canopy.
		The leaves of Bigleaf Magnolia are truly large, 12 to 32 inches long and 7 to 12 inches wide, when found in the wild and somewhat smaller when grown in landscapes.
		Bigleaf Magnolia should be grown in full sun or partial shade on well-drained soil, and does not tolerate wet soil or drought.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST381 (577 words)

	Magnolia macrophylla L.
		Magnolia macrophylla is a medium sized tree which has a max trunk diameter of 8-10 feet (Small, 1933) and a maximum height of 50 feet (Wyman, 1951).
		The genus Magnolia was named by Linnaeus in honor of Pierre Magnol, who was the physician of King Louis XIV of France and was the director of a botanical garden at Montpellier (Grimm, 1967).
		Magnolia macrophylla is not a long lived tree and typically does not live over 40 years (Kelly, 1995).
	www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Magnoliaceae/Magnolia/macrophylla (800 words)

	Magnolia Varieties That I Know
		Magnolia ashei: (Which I called the "Cowcumber Tree" when I was growing up) Also called the "Swamp Magnolia" or bigleaf magnolia -- A white flowering, leaf-losing tree of eastern and southern North America, which has huge, elongated leaves and large, fragrant flowers that form conspicuous red fruit.
		Magnolia Grandiflora: A native of the southeastern US., it is one of the most magnificent of the fragrant trees.
		Japanese Magnolia: A bushy deciduous tree which bears small, shapely flowers which are dark purple to rosy outside and white flushed with purple within.
	home.att.net /~velvet-hammer/varieties.html (1170 words)

	Ohio Trees, Bulletin 700-00, Magnolia – Magnolia
		Magnolias are deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs.
		Several magnolias are planted on lawns and in parks for their attractive flowers and foliage.
		Bigleaf magnolia is very rare in Ohio and is reported from one locality in northwestern Jackson County.
	ohioline.osu.edu /b700/b700_34.html (896 words)

	Umbrella Magnolia - Plant of the Week
		This deciduous magnolia ranges down the spine of Appalachia and across the woodlands of the mid-South to as far west as eastern Oklahoma.
		The umbrella magnolia was introduced to the gardening world by an Englishman, Mark Catesby (1679-1749), who spend almost 10 years exploring the southeastern states looking at the botanical wonders of the area.
		This large-leafed magnolia is similar to Magnolia macrophylla, which is called Bigleaf Magnolia.
	www.arhomeandgarden.org /plantoftheweek/articles/Umbrella_Magnolia_7-8-05.htm (556 words)

	Botany Photo of the Day: Magnolia ashei
		“Magnolia ashei, the rarest species of Magnolia in the flora, is limited to six counties in the Florida panhandle; it is in danger of extirpation because of habitat disturbance.
		Magnolia ashei differs from M. macrophylla in being a smaller, often multitrunked tree with smaller leaves, fewer stamens and pistils, smaller seeds, smaller stipules, filiform trichomes, and smaller, nearly glabrous, cylindric follicetums.
		Magnolia ashei flowers at an early age (three to four years from seed); it is a desirable small tree in cultivation.
	www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org /potd/2006/05/magnolia_ashei.php (368 words)

	Bigleaf Magnolia
		This species of magnolia prefers the moist soil of valleys, especially ravines, and the understory of hardwood forests.
		The bigleaf magnolia is found statewide in Alabama, most commonly on the western side of the state.
		The bigleaf magnolia has been called the "queenliest of all the deciduous magnolias." It was named by the French naturalist and explorer Andre´ Michaux (1746-1802), who discovered this tree near Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1789.
	www.forestry.state.al.us /publication/TF_publications/al_trees/bigleaf_magnolia.htm (476 words)

	Magnolia macrophylla in Flora of North America @ efloras.org
		Magnolia macrophylla is a much larger, usually single-trunked tree of the piedmont with a wider distribution, larger leaves, more stamens, larger stipules, and both filiform and flagelliform trichomes on the leaves.
		In Arkansas Magnolia macrophylla was known from a single disjunct locality in Clay County, where only two trees were recorded in 1981 (R.B. Figlar 1981).
		The largest known tree of Magnolia macrophylla, 32m in height with a trunk diameter of 53 cm, is recorded from Daniel Boone National Forest, Tight Hollow, Kentucky (American Forestry Association 1994).
	www.efloras.org /florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500769 (387 words)

	Descriptions of The Trees of Central Campus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Saucer magnolia is a small ornamental tree reaching a mature height of 20-30'.
		Bigleaf magnolia is a round headed, cumbersome giant in the magnolia family, reaching 30-40' in height.
		This magnolia is an interesting native tree which occurs limitedly from Ohio to Florida and west to Arkansas and Louisiana.
	www.pfd.muohio.edu /treewalk/central_descrip.jsp (1432 words)

	Bigleaf Magnolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Magnolias are pollinated primarily by flower beetles, which pre-date bees and butterflies.
		Bigleaf’s extravagant, beetle-pleasing blossoms measure up to 15 inches across and appear in May and June, after the foliage.
		Bigleaf magnolia occurs in isolated populations in rich mesic woods in the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain of Georgia, often in conjunction with American beech (Fagus grandifolia).
	www.gwf.org /bigleaf.htm (572 words)

	Magnolia
		The genus Magnolia is dedicated to Pierre Magnol (16381715), professor of botany and medicine and director of the botanic garden at Montpellier, France.
		General Wood Characteristics: The sapwood of magnolia is creamy white, while the heartwood is light to dark brown, often with greenish to purple-fl streaks or patches.
		Magnolia is moderately stiff, high in shock resistance, and low in shrinkage.
	www.windsorplywood.com /nam_hardwoods/magnolia.html (478 words)

	Am Ecological Study of MAGNOLIA MACROPHYLLA (BigLeaf Magnolia) in Gaston County, North Carolina
		To better understand the ecology and distribution pattern of Magnolia macrophylla, a study was initiated in the spring of 2000 to collect data from several large populations sites within Gaston County, NC.
		Of the Magnolia macrophylla individuals with a dbh value of 1, 41% possessed flower/fruit structures.
		Magnolia Macrophylla: Population structure, reproductive strategies and the disturbance regime of Mill Creek Forest.
	www.michaux.org /magnolia.htm (887 words)

	Bigleaf Magnolia - Tree Identification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bigleaf Magnolia - Magnolia macrophylla: A small tree with usually a straight trunk.
		Leaves are alternate, simple, very large (20 to 30 inches long), with wavy edges and "ear-lobes" at the base, green and shiny above, lower surface with whitish hairs.
		These trees grow along the appalacians from Kentucky down to Louisiana eastward to the Georgia and North Carolina.
	www.thejump.net /hunting/plant-id/bigleaf-magnolia.htm (77 words)

	Discoveries of André Michaux - Photo Gallery
		Magnolia Grove boasts both the earliest and the longest continuous use of Bigleaf Magnolias in landscaping to be found in NC.
		Rare and seldom seen in NC, though found in greater numbers in a few states to the west of the Appalachians, Michaux’s Magnolia macrophylla is a tree of superlatives.
		Magnolia macrophylla translates literally as big leaf magnolia; the Rhododendron catawbiense was found near the headwaters of the Catawba River.
	www.michaux.org /photos.htm (1828 words)

	Lettuce examine the mighter cucumber tree
		Another magnolia, native to only the southern portion of cucumber tree's range, also might be most appreciated for something other than its flowers.
		Bigleaf magnolia lives up to its name by bearing humongous leaves, each as much as 21/2 feet long by a foot wide!
		Neither cucumber tree nor bigleaf magnolia is a tree for the average back yard.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2002/11/09/garden09.htm (703 words)

	MAGNOLIA, BAYS
		HE magnolia, or evergreen magnolia, is one of the well known trees in the State.
		S the name indicates, this is a magnolia with extra-ordinarily large leaves, and one rarely passes such a tree without it coming to one's attention.
		The fruit is similar to that of the other magnolias, generally rounded, hairy, two to three inches long, and bright rose color when ripe.
	www.gate.net /~andykell/ftof/ftof10.html (1158 words)

	Magnolia spp. metric
		The genus Magnolia is dedicated to Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), professor of botany and medicine and director of the botanic garden at Montpellier, France.
		Magnolia trees can reach heights of 80 ft (24 m), with a diameter of 3 ft (1 m).
		The sapwood of magnolia is creamy white, while the heartwood is light to dark brown, often with greenish to purple-fl streaks or patches.
	www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /Techsheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/magnolmet.html (456 words)

	Ohio Trees - Cucumbertree
		Cucumbertree is by far the most common of the three native Magnolias found in Ohio forests, occurring primarily in eastern Ohio, but scattered throughout portions of central Ohio.
		As a member of the Magnolia Family, it is related to the other Magnolias (including the species and hybrids commonly found as landscape ornamentals) and to Tuliptree.
		All Magnolias tend to have fuzzy buds, and Cucumbertree is no exception, having silvery-green buds that form by mid-summer and mature to silvery-beige buds in winter.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/cucumber.htm (434 words)

	Problems of Magnolia
		Wind Damage: Evergreen bigleaf magnolia leaves, up to 3 feet in length and 7 to 12 inches wide, are easily torn by whipping winds.
		On the West Coast, the omnivorous looper caterpillar is a magnolia pest.
		Replace the magnolia with resistant species which include: most conifers, beech, birch, boxwood, dogwood, fruit trees, holly, locust, mulberry, oak, pecan, serviceberry, sweet gum, sycamore, walnut, and willow.
	www.yardener.com /ProblemsofMagnolia.html (911 words)

	2003Tree_2.htm
		Magnolia acuminata is the largest and hardiest magnolia native to North America and its native range is from Ontario south through the mountains of the east and as far south and west as the Gulf coastal plain and eastern Oklahoma.
		Magnolia ashei is the rarest of Magnolia in North American and it a very desirable small tree in cultivation.
		Magnolia sieboldii is an understory small tree native to Asia.A superb specimen tree for the garden with the egg shaped creamy white flowers with maroon centers.
	www.pineridgegardens.com /2003Tree_2.htm (7483 words)

	Bigleaf Magnolia
		The Bigleaf Magnolia is a medium-size deciduous tree notable for its very large leaves and flowers.
		In fact the magnolias are among the oldest of all surviving tree families.
		The Bigleaf Magnolia is found from southern Ohio south to the Gulf Coast, but isn't common anywhere.
	www.treetrail.net /magnolia.html (720 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| Your Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is a plant in the Carolinas that makes fig leaves for wimps, it is the bigleaf magnolia.
		It is not commonly found in nurseries but when it is found, buy it, because it is a good landscape plant, tolerates full sun like this plant does, but it also likes a little bit of shade.
		This is a deciduous magnolia and it will drop the leaves.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/living/your_garden?ArID=31221&SecID=32 (237 words)

	Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae): Botany
		Bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) - Text and Image.
		Magnolia - Evolution of a blossom from a tiny bud to the seed pod.
		Magnolia virginiana - Distribution and Occurence; Value and Use; Characteristics; Fire Ecology.
	www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/en/botanik_magnolien.html (339 words)

	CKC Landscaping, EP Henry, magnolia, landscape design, pavers
		But magnolias are often denied one of the things they need to survive: decomposing organic matter.
		Among the exotic magnolias, saucer or tulip magnolia, M.x soulangiana, and star magnolia, M. stellata, grow to tree size.
		However, there seems to be a Murphy’s Law in effect for all exotic magnolias: except in the Coastal Plain, they reach peak bloom at the same time as late frosts, which flen their flowers.
	www.ckclandscapinginc.com /magnolias.htm (367 words)

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