Magnolia virginiana, most commonly known as sweetbay magnolia, or merely sweetbay (also laurel magnolia, swampbay, swamp magnolia, whitebay, or beaver tree), is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae. It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described under modern rules of botanical nomenclature, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants (magnoliophytes), this species in a sense
Form | shrub, tree |
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Fruit type | Aggregate |
Fruit season | Fall, Summer |
Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
Simple/compound | Simple |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous, Evergreen, Semi-evergreen |
Leaf shape | Elliptic, Ovate |
Leaf texture | Leathery, Paler below |
Flower color | green, white |