Southern Magnolia
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Scientific Name: Magnolia Grandiflora
Common Names: Southern Magnolia
Angiosperm or Gymnosperm: Angiosperm
Natural Habitat: The range of southern magnolia extends from eastern North Carolina, south along the Atlantic Coast to the Peace River in central Florida, then westward through roughly the southern half of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and across Louisiana into southeast Texas
Leaf Pattern: simple, entire, elliptic (oval), ovate, brachidodrome, pinnate, evergreen, broadleaf evergreen, 4-8 inches, green
Germination Process: give newly planted seedlings partial shade and plenty of water during the dry and hot summer months. Watering must be continued until plants have become thoroughly established, usually in three to five years. Artificial shade for the young seedlings may be provided with something as simple
as a burlap canopy supported by wood stakes
How it pollinates and spreads: Insects crawl around the flower looking for nectar and in the process get dusted with pollen. This makes it so that unintelligent insects such as beetles are able to gather the pollen.
Type of bark: Bark of a small tree is smooth except for the warty lenticels. The bark of large trees is cracked into plates, more so than that of most other Magnolia species.
Human use of tree: It is used for furniture, boxes, cabinetwork and doors.
Common Names: Southern Magnolia
Angiosperm or Gymnosperm: Angiosperm
Natural Habitat: The range of southern magnolia extends from eastern North Carolina, south along the Atlantic Coast to the Peace River in central Florida, then westward through roughly the southern half of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and across Louisiana into southeast Texas
Leaf Pattern: simple, entire, elliptic (oval), ovate, brachidodrome, pinnate, evergreen, broadleaf evergreen, 4-8 inches, green
Germination Process: give newly planted seedlings partial shade and plenty of water during the dry and hot summer months. Watering must be continued until plants have become thoroughly established, usually in three to five years. Artificial shade for the young seedlings may be provided with something as simple
as a burlap canopy supported by wood stakes
How it pollinates and spreads: Insects crawl around the flower looking for nectar and in the process get dusted with pollen. This makes it so that unintelligent insects such as beetles are able to gather the pollen.
Type of bark: Bark of a small tree is smooth except for the warty lenticels. The bark of large trees is cracked into plates, more so than that of most other Magnolia species.
Human use of tree: It is used for furniture, boxes, cabinetwork and doors.
Creative Writing
This is a tree that is relatively 90 feet high at its peak of growth. Its bark is soft for the most part with little spots of cracks and holes that make it rough. The bark is a light brown color or more of a tan color. The fruit for this tree is like a little spiky ball that would come on the end of a stick in some movies with little red seedlings that come off of it. Little green pointy objects come off of the branches that would be called leaves. These leaves are smooth and silky and range in various colors of green from a bright shiny green to a sulky sick looking green.
References
Steve Bender. Southern Living. Retrieved from http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/magnolia-trees-00400000065893/
Edward F. Gilman, Dennis G. Watson. EDIS. Retrieved from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st371
Edward F. Gilman, Dennis G. Watson. EDIS. Retrieved from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st371