Plants by Common Name
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Creation Date
2011
Family
Magnoliaceae
Genus Species
Magnolia macrophylla
Common Name
Bigleaf Magnolia
Habit
Tree
Description
While never becoming a dominant tree, the bigleaf magnolia has a wide natural range in forests as far south as Georgia, west to Louisiana and Arkansas, north up to Ohio and Kentucky with it being most common in south central Mississippi. It prefers shady and moist areas along gorges (Callaway 1994).
Keywords
Magnolia