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  Sweetbay Magnolia - Biocrawler
The Sweetbay magnolia, Magnolia virginiana, also called just Sweetbay, is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae.
It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants, this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
Sweetbay magnolia is a deciduous or evergreen tree to 30 m tall, native to the southeastern United States.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Magnolia_virginiana   (225 words)

  
 Sweetbay magnolia
Introduced into European gardens as early as 1688, the sweetbay magnolia was known as the beavertree by colonists, who caught beavers in traps baited with the fleshy roots.
Sweetbay magnolia is a medium, evergreen tree that generally grows from 50' to 90' tall with an open crown of sparsely spreading branches.
Sweetbay magnolia is found in swamps, wet soils, and along borders of streams and ponds.
www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/Sweetbay_magnolia/sweemagn.htm   (374 words)

  
  Sweetbay Magnolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana), also called just Sweetbay, is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae.
It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants, this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
Sweetbay magnolia is a deciduous or evergreen tree to 30 m tall, native to the southeastern United States.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/sweetbay_magnolia   (278 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sweetbay Magnolia
Sweetbay - magnolia family Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 13:51, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
Magnolias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Giant Leopard Moth.
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).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sweetbay-Magnolia   (964 words)

  
 The Mesmerizing Southern Magnolia American Forests - Find Articles
The southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), which is also known as bull bay, big-laurel, or large-flower magnolia, is one of at least 75 species in the genus.
Magnolia grandiflora is one of only two evergreen magnolias--the sweetbay magnolia, Magnolia virginiana, ranges from deciduous to semi-evergreen to completely evergreen, depending on the cold zone.
Magnolia lumber resembles yellow poplar and is used for veneer and venetian-blinds, interior trim and toys, bowls and boxes, pallets and pulp, doors and dowels.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1016/is_2_107/ai_78400001   (876 words)

  
 Magnificent Magnolias
Plant the Star magnolia in full sun or light shade in the north but give the shade of deciduous trees in the south, as the native terrain for many magnolias is the understory of woodlands.
Sweetbay magnolia makes a small shrub in the northern zones, growing to around ten feet or so, but in the south it can grow into a splendid twenty foot tree.
Both the Sweetbay magnolia and the Southern magnolia are native trees, growing along the eastern seaboard areas and in the south across to the lower plains of Texas.
www.gardenandhearth.com /Landscaping/Growing-Magnolias.htm   (701 words)

  
 Magnolia Bark Herbal Supplement from Herbal Extracts Plus
Magnolia is a magnificent family of forest trees that are revered for their beautiful, large, showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.
Magnolia's wood, which is straight-grained, yellow in color, light, soft, easily worked and finishes well, is used for furniture, broom handles, bowls and light woodenware articles, and an essential oil from the flowers has been used in the manufacture of perfumes.
Magnolia Bark is collected in the autumn, and the unopened flowers are harvested in the springtime and used in herbal medicines.
www.herbalextractsplus.com /magnolia-bark.cfm   (879 words)

  
 Magnolia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Magnolia x Ann - Ann Magnolia Trees - (Latin name "Magnolia x Ann") is the result of crossbreeding that took place at the United States National Arboretum..
Magnolia x Jane - Jane Magnolia Tree - (Latin name "Magnolia x Jane") is a strong, upright and fast growing tree that is notable for its large flowers that look like tulips..
Sweet Bay Magnolia - Sweetbay Magnolia Trees - (Latin name "Magnolia virginiana") is often grown as an ornamental landscape tree for its attractive flowers, foliage and fruit..
www.prolandscaper.info /trees/magnolia.html   (86 words)

  
 Magnolia 'Sweetbay'
Magnolia virginiana 'Sweetbay' also called Laurel or Swamp Magnolia is a small, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub of loose, open upright habit in the North and deciduous, semi-evergreen forming a large pyramidal tree in the South.
In the landscape the Sweetbay Magnolia is excellent as a specimen tree or large shrub or as a patio plant.
The Sweetbay Magnolia is different than most magnolias in that it does well in wet even swampy soils.
www.natorp.com /PL-Magnolia'Sweetbay'.htm   (208 words)

  
 Magnolia Questions and Answers
I have a magnolia that was planted in the wrong spot, and I need to move it.
Magnolias are some of the most primitive of all flowering plants, but the seeds are enclosed in the fruit during their development, and therefore they must be classified as angiosperms, not as gymnosperms-the group to which conifers belong.
The seed of a magnolia is surrounded by a brightly colored fleshy aril that is high in fat.
www.usna.usda.gov /Gardens/faqs/magnoliafaq2.html   (820 words)

  
 Magnolia virginiana 'Henry Hicks': 'Henry Hicks' Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana `Henry Hicks' is a graceful southern evergreen with a wide columnar habit, ideal for use as a patio, tree, or specimen.
Sweetbay Magnolia makes an excellent tree for planting next to buildings, in narrow alleys or corridors, or in other urban areas with limited space for horizontal crown expansion.
Sweetbay Magnolia roots easily from softwood cuttings, grows freely near coastal areas, and is happiest in southern climates.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST385   (705 words)

  
 Plant of the Month
Magnolias are planted primarily because of their glorious flowers; a few species are valued quite as much for their foliage; one (M. acuminata) serves as a large shade tree.
Sweetbay flowers are, for a magnolia, small (2 to 4 inches wide), creamy-white, lemony or rose-scented, and appear from May into July or even September.
Sweetbay crossed with Magnolia tripetala is called Magnolia x Thompsoniana --the first magnolia hybrid known, at least in the Western world.
www.arthurleej.com /p-o-m-Feb03.html   (717 words)

  
 AllRefer - Species: Sweetbay | Magnolia virginiana > Species:
Sweetbay wood is resistant to heavy shrinkage, is highly shock absorbant, and has a relatively low bending and compression strength.
Sweetbay can be 80 to 100 percent defoliated by the end of the first or second growing season if browsed heavily [20].
Trees commonly associated with sweetbay are red maple (Acer rubrum), flgum (Nyssa sylvatica), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), water oak (Quercus nigra), laurel oak (Q. laurifolia), southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), and American holly (Ilex opaca) [4,26].
reference.allrefer.com /wildlife-plants-animals/plants/tree/magvir/all.html   (1718 words)

  
 Tree Guide at arborday.org
The Sweetbay Magnolia has glistening dark green leaves with a silver underside that has a frosted appearance.
The Sweetbay Magnolia can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.
The Sweetbay Magnolia grows to be 10' - 20' feet in height.
www.arborday.org /Trees/TreeGuide/print.cfm?ID=260   (177 words)

  
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Sweetbay, often called swamp magnolia or white bay, commonly grows on low, or wet lands in the Coastal Plain and less often in the eastern portion of the Piedmont region.
Sweetbay leaves are oblong and 4 to 6 inches long, with smooth margins.
Sweetbay leaves remain on the tree throughout the winter in the South, and fall when the new leaves appear in spring.
www.ibiblio.org /botnet/pocketmanual/Sweetbay.htm   (226 words)

  
 Magnolia - Garden Flower information and images
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.
Mississippi's state nickname is the "Magnolia State", because of the abundance of magnolias in the state.
www.garden-flowers.net /Magnolia.htm   (457 words)

  
 Sweetbay Magnolia
Sweetbay Magnolia, Magnolia virginiana is a small single or multi-stemmed shurbby magnolia.
The Sweetbay magnolia has dark green lustrous leaves with silvery undersides.
The Sweetbay magnolia has creamy white, lemon-scented flowers.
www.sweetbaymagnolia.com   (75 words)

  
 History - Sweetbay Supermarket
Developed from research in core markets, Sweetbay Supermarket intends to reinvigorate the marketplace and provide Floridians with a vibrant, exciting and diverse place for their shopping needs.
Sweetbay associates are not only passionate about food, they’re extremely knowledgeable—with an insatiable appetite to learn more.
Sweetbay Supermarket is a subsidiary of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE:DEG).
www.sweetbaysupermarket.com /Contents/Our_Company/About/history.shtml   (230 words)

  
 PLANTS Profile for Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay) | USDA PLANTS
Magnolia virginiana L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Magnolia thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
Magnolia virginiana L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Magnolia virginiana L. This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state.
plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=MAVI2   (283 words)

  
 Magnolia virginiana interactive
The genus Magnolia contains about 80 species native to: North America [8], West Indies [8], and Asia [50].
The name magnolia is named for Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), professor of botany and medicine and director of the botanic garden at Montpellier, France.
Sweetbay grows in wet, sandy soil along streams bottom lands and swamps.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/magnol2.html   (225 words)

  
 Magnolia virginiana L.
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 virginiana is native from Massachusetts to Florida and Texas.
Magnolia virginiana can be distinguished because the leaves of Magnolia virginiana are entire with "silvery pubescence underneath" while the Loblolly Bay leaves are "shallowly toothed and glabrous beneath" (Brown and Kirman, 1990).
www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Magnoliaceae/Magnolia/virginiana   (850 words)

  
 Magnolia
Magnolias are generally soft-wooded and may be prone to breakage in ice storms.
Magnolia roots tend to girdle (circle the trunk or root ball).
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   (2148 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)

  
 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.
Of the Evergreen Magnolias, the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) and the Sweetbay (Magnolia viginiana) are the most popularly planted.
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)

  
 PlantFiles: Detailed information on Sweetbay Magnolia, Silver Bay, Swamp Bay Magnolia virginiana   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sweetbay magnolia is a deciduous or evergreen tree to 30m tall, native to the southeastern United States.
Sweetbay Magnolia is a beautiful native tree, mostly found in swamps and seepage slopes in its natural habitats.
Sweetbay seems to be insect and desease resistant, although I know that some lepidoptera species may use this as a host plant.
davesgarden.com /pf/go/2455.html   (758 words)

  
 Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay Magnolia is somewhat sensitive to being transplanted in Autumn, and care should be taken to amend the soil, fertilize, water thoroughly, mulch adequately, and avoid Winter salt spray, to enhance survival chances during the first Winter
Sweetbay Magnolia is a Magnolia that has four-season ornamental appeal, with no danger of freezing damage to its fragrant creamy early Summer flowers.
Magnolia virginiana is an upright large shrub or small multi-trunked tree, having excellent semi-evergreen waxy foliage, fragrant creamy late Spring to early Summer flowers, sparse brown-red Autumn fruits, layered sympodial branching, and smooth gray ornamental bark.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/TMI/Plantlist/ma_niana.html   (697 words)

  
 Modern Baking : Sweetbay's 'final reveal' gives in-store bakeries a boost
Sweetbay took sampling to a higher-level with its taste ambassador program, which he credits, in large part, for the breads' invigorated sales.
Each Sweetbay store has a dedicated employee, a taste ambassador, whose job is to oversee active sampling and to ensure that all store associates taste all products.
Sweetbay must be different from the other operators if we are to provide the products and high level of service that our customers say they want.
modernbaking.bakery-net.com /article/8337   (1718 words)

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