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Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay)

Synonyms: Magnolia glauca var. longifolia; Magnolia glauca var. pumila; Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana

Wikipedia Abstract

Magnolia virginiana, most commonly known as sweetbay magnolia, or merely sweetbay (also laurel magnolia, swampbay, swamp magnolia, whitebay, or beaver tree), is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae. It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described under modern rules of botanical nomenclature, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants (magnoliophytes), this species in a sense typifies all flowering plants.
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Infraspecies

Magnolia virginiana oviedoae
Magnolia virginiana oviedoi
Magnolia virginiana var. australis
Magnolia virginiana virginiana

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  None
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  6 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Winter
Growth Form [1]  Single Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Beetles
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  30 inches (76 cm)
Scent [2]  The flowers have a delicious scent of lemons.
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Seeds Per [1]  7530 / lb (16601 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Climbing
Specific Gravity [3]  0.46
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  An essential oil from the flowers has been used in the manufacture of perfumes; Wood - straight-grained, light, soft, easily worked, finishes well, aromatic and yellow in colour; It weighs 31lb per cubic foot; Used for furniture, broom handles, bowls and light woodenware articles etc;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)
Width [2]  20 feet (6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Moderate
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External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0