Plant Details
Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana
Northern Sweet Bay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia
Scientific Name: |
Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana |
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Genus: |
Magnolia |
Species Epithet: |
virginiana |
Common Name: |
Northern Sweet Bay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia |
Plant Type |
Tree |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Size: |
36-72 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
White |
Light: |
Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist, Wet |
Bloom Time: |
April, May, June, July |
Growing Area: |
Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
Pocosins, bay forests, and swamps in the Coastal Plain, streamhead pocosins, swamps, and sandhill seeps in the Sandhills, bogs and peaty swamps in the Piedmont (Weakley 2015). Rare in the NC Piedmont, common in the Coastal Plain. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Alternate |
Leaf Retention: |
Evergreen |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Has some wildlife value |
Landscape Value: |
Suitable for home landscapes |
State Status: |
No NC Status Listed, W6: Watch List: Regionally Rare (*Key) |
Notes: |
"This attractive, native ornamental is popular for its fragrant flowers borne over a long period, showy conelike fruit, handsome foliage of contrasting colors, and smooth bark." Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center |
Flower Looking like a smaller version of Magnolia grandiflora, Sweet Bay flowers are intensely fragrant. Halyburton Park, Wilmington, May 9, 2013 |
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Developing fruit Jack Spruill, June, 2009, Hampstead |
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Trunk showing pale, smooth bark If you press the corky bark with your fingernail, it will depress and then return to its original shape. Paynter, Wilmington, 2011 |
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Fruit (follicetum) with seeds Jorge Vigueras, 2010 |
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
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