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  WildWNC.org : Trees : Fraser Magnolia
Restricted mostly to the Appalachians, Fraser magnolia is found in moist habitats in the mountains of West Virginia, generally in the eastern half of the State, in western Virginia, in the southern Appalachians of east Tennessee and western North Carolina, and in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern South Carolina and northeast Georgia (12,13).
Fraser magnolia is a moderately frequent tree species in a number of forest types; however, its relative density is generally less than 10 percent, regardless of its size or location (3,7,8).
Fraser magnolia seedlings have a deeply penetrating taproot.
www.wildwnc.com /trees/Magnolia_fraseri.html   (2487 words)

  
 Plant Information Center - NC Trees - Fraser Magnolia
Fraser magnolia also is known as mountain magnolia.
Fraser magnolia is found in rich coves and on cool slopes of the southern Appalachian mountains from elevations of 2,000 to 4,000 feet.
The tree occasionally is planted for ornamental purposes, but it is said to be less hardy than the other magnolias.
www.ibiblio.org /pic/NCTrees/frasermagnolia.htm   (229 words)

  
  Magnolias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Magnolia species are found in a wide range of soils and climates but are most often associated with moist soils in mixed deciduous-coniferous woodlands.
Magnolias have been harvested for timber and medicinal uses but are usually cultivated for their beautiful flowers, fruits, foliage, and plant forms.
Pyramidal Magnolia appears to be a smaller-statured, lowland counterpart of Fraser Magnolia (Magnolia fraseri), native to the hills and mountains of the South.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /MG270   (4973 words)

  
 Magnolia
Magnolia is a large genus of about 120 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.
Magnolia species are mainly found in eastern North America, Central America and east and southeast Asia, although some are also found in South America.
Another primitive aspect of Magnolias are their lack of distinct sepals or petals.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/magnolia.html   (354 words)

  
 Bigleaf magnolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) is a deciduous magnolia native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico.
The plant is medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad.
The Ashe Magnolia is a rare shrub, exceptionally a small tree, that is found only along the bluffs and ravines adjacent to the Apalachicola River, along with several other rare plants unique to the area, such as Florida Yew.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bigleaf_magnolia   (599 words)

  
 Fraser magnolia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
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.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Fraser_magnolia   (324 words)

  
 WildWNC.org : Trees : Fraser Magnolia
Fraser magnolia (Magnolia fraseri), also called mountain magnolia, earleaf cucumbertree, umbrellatree, or mountain-oread, is a fast-growing small tree scattered in the hardwood forests of the lower Appalachian slopes.
Fraser magnolia generally grows at elevations ranging from 500 to 1700 m (1,640 to 5,580 ft) but is most common from about 600 to 1300 m (1,970 to 4,270 ft).
Fraser magnolia is a moderately frequent tree species in a number of forest types; however, its relative density is generally less than 10 percent, regardless of its size or location (3,7,8).
www.wildwnc.org /trees/Magnolia_fraseri.html   (2487 words)

  
 Magnolia Flowering Plants and Nursery Tree Seedlings
Some of the Magnolias are valuable for lumber, like the Cucumber Tree, Southern Magnolia, the Sweetbay, and the Fraser Magnolia, which are the taller tree-forms, with most of the others being the shrub to small tree types.
The Southern Magnolia is found across the southern states, from Zones 7 to 10, and grows well in heat and damp soils.
Magnolias are typically thought of as being creamy white, but pinks, reds, purple, and even yellow colors have been developed.
www.cdr3.com /magnolia   (861 words)

  
 Magnolia delavayi
Magnolia delavayi - Chinese evergreen magnolia; Magnolia fraseri - Fraser magnolia;...
92 Magnolia, delabata, 93 Magnolia, delavayi, 94 Magnolia, fraseri, 95 Magnolia, fraseri, var.
Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia virginiana Magnolia delavayi Magnolia campbell Magnolia denudata Magnolia stellata Magnolia kobus Magnolia sprengeri Magnolia...
www.specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/M/Magnolia_delavayi.shtml   (2639 words)

  
 Floridata: Magnolia tripetala
Umbrella magnolia is an attractive deciduous tree with large white flowers and large diamond-shaped leaves that are crowded near the branch tips.
Umbrella magnolia is commonly 30-40' tall with a crown spread of 20-30'.
Umbrella magnolia grows naturally in scattered localities within the hardwood forests of the southern Appalachians, from Pennsylvania and West Virginia through Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and on through the Blue Ridge Mountains and into Georgia, Alabama and NW South Carolina.
www.floridata.com /ref/M/magn_tri.cfm   (472 words)

  
 Betula spp
The genus Magnolia is dedicated to Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), professor of botany and medicine and director of the botanic garden at Montpellier, France.
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.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/magnolia.html   (456 words)

  
 Magnificent Magnolias
Native magnolias are found in the southern and eastern United States, West Indies, Venezuela, Asia (including the Himalayas), Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Magnolia essence is used to help cure insomnia and also as an energy booster.
The few magnolia bogs that still remain along the Atlantic Coastal Plain provide important habitats for rare plants such as the southern twayblade orchid, royal fern, bog sumac, and highbush blueberry as well as food and homes for endangered birds.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wildscaping_retired/8514   (412 words)

  
 Hotel Magnolia
The Magnolia Hotel (sometimes still called the Magnolia Building) is a 29-story, Beaux Arts-style, upscale hotel in Dallas, Texas that for many years was the tallest building in the state of Texas.
For other uses, see Magnolia (disambiguation).'' ''See text'' ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 120 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.
The first species belonging to this genus to be identified was ''M. virginiana'' (Sweetbay magnolia), found by missionaries sent to North America in the 1680s.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/94/hotel-magnolia.html   (859 words)

  
 Smoky Mountain News | Mountain Voices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
John Fraser (1750-1807), a Scotsman from Inverness-shire, was one of the European plant hunters most closely associated with the Southern Appalachians.
The beautiful Fraser magnolia is the most common of the three deciduous magnolias native to WNC.
Fraser fir is an endemic species restricted to the high elevations of southwestern Virginia, east Tennessee, and WNC.
www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/10_03/10_22_03/mtn_voices.html   (613 words)

  
 Magnolias at DoItYourself.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Magnolias grow as trees, some reaching 100 feet, and as multi-trunk shrubs, a few of which can reach 50 feet tall.
Magnolias that bloom in February or March (or earlier) are precocious.
Magnolia also look fine in groups; their colors are pleasingly compatible.
www.doityourself.com /stry/magnolias   (1709 words)

  
 Fraser magnolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Fraser is the name of a Scottish clan.
Fraser is the name of a river in British Columbia, Canada: Fraser River Fraser is the name of some places in the United States of America:
See text Magnolia is a large genus of about 120 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.
www.33beat.com /Fraser_magnolia.html   (696 words)

  
 TDEC:
John Fraser, a Scot, also took his son into the wild woods, mostly working as an entrepreneural nurseyman, sending American plants back to his London business, but, for one tour, in 1800, as commissioned botanist for the Czar of Russia.
Fraser was determined to shadow Michaux through the backwoods, to outdo or at least equal the Frenchman, but Michaux, who considered Fraser to be under-educated and over-talkative, soon shook him off.
Fraser's name is commemorated by three plants growing atop the Roan or on its slopes: Fraser fir, Fraser's sedge, and Fraser's magnolia.
www.state.tn.us /environment/tn_consv/archive/roan.htm   (2860 words)

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