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Lumber from all three species is simply called magnolia, which is used in the construction of furniture, boxes, pallets, venetian blinds, sashes, and doors, and used as veneers. Southern magnolia has yellowish-white sapwood and light to dark brown heartwood tinted yellow or green. The usually straight-grained wood has uniform texture with ...
The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State Flora. Type Symbol Date Image Flower: Magnolia: 1900 [6] Tree: Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1952 [6] Fruit ...
Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 [26] Louisiana iris (state wildflower) Iris giganticaerulea: 1990 [27] Maine: White pine cone and tassel: Pinus strobus: 1895 [28] Maryland: Black-eyed susan: Rudbeckia hirta: 1918 [29] Massachusetts: Mayflower: Epigaea repens: 1918 [30] Michigan: Apple blossom (state flower) Malus: 1897 [31] Dwarf lake ...
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The most easily recognized type is the iconic Southern magnolia, an evergreen tree with huge, waxy white blooms that appear in summer and can reach up to 12 inches in diameter. Southern magnolias ...
Southern magnolia: Magnolia grandiflora: 1952 [32] Missouri: Flowering dogwood: Cornus florida: 1955 [33] Montana: Ponderosa pine: Pinus ponderosa: 1949 [34] Nebraska: Eastern cottonwood: Populus deltoides: 1972 [35] Nevada: Single-leaf pinyon: Pinus monophylla: 1959 [36] Great Basin bristlecone pine: Pinus longaeva: 1987 [36] New Hampshire ...
In January 1983, it was decided that the gardens would be built on property leased to the city from the Alabama Space Science Commission. In late 1984, a volunteer crew began to clear the land. In October 1985, a Southern Magnolia was planted to dedicate the new botanical garden. The Huntsville Botanical Garden officially opened in 1988.
Wetland areas are dominated by pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana). Wind and salt spray from the ocean can make these forests appear pruned and sculpted. [11] On the Atlantic coastal plain, maritime forest consists of forests and shrublands on stabilized upland dunes of barrier islands and strands.