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§1 Plant
Magnolia tripetala (L.) L.
vernacular umbrella-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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 239 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 239 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MATR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3153215 ↗Record version
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