MAGNOLIACEAE - - Magnolia Family

Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus var. australis Sargent — Southern Sweet Bay

Southern Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginiana) - Shrub, or tree, at most with a trunk-diameter of 1 m., and pale bark; leaf-blades elliptic or oval, or rarely oblanceolate, 5—15 cm. long, glaucous and more or less silky beneath; flowers rather inconspicuous, but very fragrant; petals white; blades elliptic, oval or oblanceolate, mostly 2—3 cm. wide; fruit-cone oval or ovoid; carpels glabrous; seeds 8—10 cm. long. Of all our trees, this is one of the most consistent occupants of mediacid soils. It is deciduous north.

Habitat:

Pocosins, bay forests, and swamps in the Coastal Plain, streamhead pocosins, swamps, and sandhill seeps in the Sandhills, bogs and peaty swamps in the Piedmont and Mountains.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Magnolia virginiana var. australis (Southern Sweet Bay)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Magnolia virginiana var. australis (Southern Sweet Bay)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.