Friday, March 9, 2018

Big Leaf Magnolia - Magnolia macrophylla

Magnoliaceae - Magnolia Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 61
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla



Spring

I will need to get out and photograph the Bigleaf Magnolia this weekend.  Check back.

Summer
The Bigleaf Magnolia has the largest leaf of any native tree in the Southern Appalachians.  These leaves can grow to be three feet long!


Fall

This Fall I will get out and photograph this amazing Bigleaf Magnolia.

Winter
The Bigleaf Magnolia
The Bigleaf Magnolia

This tree lives by the road that leads up to my house.  The buds are so interesting; they are white and fuzzy, pointy with a blunted end and so beautiful.  Big leaf magnolia is an endangered species in the wild.  It is interesting that this tree will start to flower when it is just 3 feet high.  This tree grows to be 40-50 feet high.

The Magnolia trees are a symbol of magnificence and beauty.  One look at the Magnolia's buds, flowers, and seed cones, and I could see why they are considered symbols of magnificence and beauty.



"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world"  John Muir


For the love of the trees,
Becky

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