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§1 Plant
Magnolia acuminata (L.) L.
vernacular cucumber tree — species · Magnoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Magnoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Magnolia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 374 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -16 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 5,450
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 374 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Butler 01013
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Cullman 01043
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Morgan 01103
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Gilmer 13123
- Greene 13133
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Stephens 13257
- Taliaferro 13265
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Johnson 21115
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Holmes 28051
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Smith 28129
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orleans 36073
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cherokee 37039
- Davidson 37057
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Virginia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3153837 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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