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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Magnoliaceae, Magnolia family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Tulip-tree, Yellow Poplar, Whitewood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liriodendron tulipifera FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liriodendron tulipifera 080-01-001 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, cove forests in the Mountains to at least 1500m in elevation, bottomland forests and swamps
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Plain Tulip-tree, Southern Yellow Poplar
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liriodendron tulipifera var. 1 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liriodendron tulipifera FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liriodendron tulipifera 080-01-001? FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Streamhead pocosins, pineland seepage swamps, small blackwater stream swamps
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Swampbay
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia virginiana + FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Magnolia virginiana FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia virginiana 080-02-001 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Look for it in pocosins, bay forests, & swamps in Coastal Plain, streamhead pocosins, swamps, & sandhill seeps in the Sandhills, bogs & peaty swamps in Piedmont (& Mountains, in the case of var. australis)
Exact distributions need more study, but one variety or the other may be common in Coastal Plain; both are rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Magnolia, Bull Bay
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia grandiflora FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia grandiflora FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia grandiflora 080-02-002 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Maritime forests, mesic Coastal Plain bluffs and flats, bottomlands, now also widely naturalized, spreading from cultivation into wet to mesic (and even dry) forests
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare elsewhere
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Piedmont
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Common Name:
Bigleaf Magnolia, Large-leaved Magnolia, Umbrella Tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia macrophylla FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia macrophylla FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia macrophylla 080-02-003 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, primarily over limestone, other calcareous sedimentary rocks (calcareous shales, sandstones, etc.), or mafic rocks (east of the Blue Ridge), mesic hammocks in the Coastal Plain
Rare or waifs in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ashe's Magnolia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia ashei FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia ashei FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Moist to wet hammocks
Native: Florida
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Common Name:
Fraser Magnolia, Mountain Magnolia, Earleaf Umbrella-tree, Umbrella Tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia fraseri FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia fraseri FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia fraseri 080-02-004 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests
Common in Mountains (uncommon in upper Carolina Piedmont, rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pyramid Magnolia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia pyramidata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia pyramidata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia pyramidata 080-02-005 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic hammocks, mesic forests, especially of bluffs and ravines
Rare in GA & SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Umbrella Magnolia, Umbrella-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia tripetala FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia tripetala FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia tripetala 080-02-006 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, ravines
Common in Piedmont & GA Mountains (rare in GA Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cucumber Magnolia, Cucumber-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Magnolia acuminata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia acuminata 080-02-007 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic to subxeric forests, especially (but by no means strictly) over mafic or calcareous rocks, up to at least 1550m (where growing with Betula alleghaniensis, Abies fraseri, Picea rubens, and Sorbus americana), ultramafic outcrop barrens (where codominant with Pinus rigida and Quercus alba)
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Cucumber Magnolia, Yellow Cucumber-tree, Showy Cucumber Magnolia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Magnolia acuminata FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia acuminata 080-02-007? FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry slopes and bottomlands over mafic or calcareous rocks
Uncommon in Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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