PLANTS Profile for Magnolia macrophylla (bigleaf magnolia)

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PLANTS Profile

Magnolia macrophylla Michx.
bigleaf magnolia

Symbol:

MAMA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Magnoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 81. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

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Distribution:
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

View 4 genera in Magnoliaceae, 16 species in Magnolia

Classification:
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Magnoliales
Family	Magnoliaceae – Magnolia family
Genus	Magnolia L. – magnolia
Species	Magnolia macrophylla Michx. – bigleaf magnolia

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
bigleaf magnolia		Endangered
Ohio:
bigleaf magnolia		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18075.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 11:57 PM CDT