Magnolia macrophylla

ClassificationDicots
FamilyMagnoliaceae
Family (Traditional)Magnoliaceae
GenusMagnolia
Species:Magnolia macrophylla Michx.
Common NameBigleaf Magnolia
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BEH; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Multiple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 13+; Placentation Type: Marginal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+; Tepal Number: 13+
C value 8
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Clay (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knott (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Leslie (KY), Letcher (KY), Lincoln (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Owsley (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Wolfe (KY), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100519824 Elliott Kentucky 01 Oct 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519907 Leslie Kentucky 08 May 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10154
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100540309 Madison Kentucky William Grooms
11
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519774 Bell Kentucky 19 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
100500230
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100540028 Wolfe Kentucky 03 Oct 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9493
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100781309 Powell Kentucky 06 Apr 2018 Thomas McFadden
801
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519980 Pulaski Kentucky 23 Jul 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne
70K15.15
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519949 Morgan Kentucky 06 Jun 1979 R. Hannnan and L.R. Phillippe
2144
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519832 Harlan Kentucky 11 Oct 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5515
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100540036 Scott Tennessee 22 Jun 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6438
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856481 Wolfe Kentucky 07 Jun 1990 Ross C. Clark
22506
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856457 Wolfe Kentucky 19 Jun 1987 C. Brown
81
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856473 Powell Kentucky 14 Jul 1985 P. Froelich
161
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519865 Laurel Kentucky 15 Jun 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-397
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519782 Clay Kentucky 01 Jul 1995 Kathryn Huie-Netting
40
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519808 Edmonson Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5505
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519956 Owsley Kentucky 03 May 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10020
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519790 Clinton Kentucky 22 Jun 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-291
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519857 Knott Kentucky 21 Jun 2001 Timothy J. Weckman
6544
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100547841 Harlan Kentucky 04 Jun 2005 Amy V. McIntosh, Ron Jones, John McIntosh
970
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856499 Wolfe Kentucky 07 Jun 1990 Ross C. Clark
22506
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100540010 Rowan Kentucky 11 Jul 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2924
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856465 Wolfe Kentucky 06 Sep 1989 Ross C. Clark
22285
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519915 Letcher Kentucky 29 Jun 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
271
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519873 Laurel Kentucky 22 Jul 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne
70K13.11
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519972 Powell Kentucky 17 May 2005 Timothy J. Weckman
9248
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519840 Jackson Kentucky 01 Jul 1992 Joe Abner
92-7
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856424 Menifee Kentucky 21 Jun 1987 k. Johnson
36
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519766 Bell Kentucky 25 Sep 2005 Amy V. McIntosh, John McIntosh
1510
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519923 Lincoln Kentucky 07 Oct 2003 Scott Slankard
36
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519899 Lee Kentucky 30 Jun 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2958
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100520004 Rockcastle Kentucky 14 Aug 1993 Susan Wind
202
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856432 Powell Kentucky 14 Jul 1985 Ross C. Clark
21062
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519816 Edmonson Kentucky 23 Apr 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3465
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100856440 Wolfe Kentucky 16 Jul 1989 J. Regnier Getch
61
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519881 Laurel Kentucky 07 Jul 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-479
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100540275 Madison Kentucky Fred Beck
11
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100519998 Pulaski Kentucky 10 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1528
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016550 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016551 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016548 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016554 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016549 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016553 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA016552 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
31973000016145 McCreary Kentucky
KNK
Magnolia macrophylla
31973000016147 McCreary Kentucky
KNK
Magnolia macrophylla
31973000016146 Edmonson Kentucky
KNK
Magnolia macrophylla
31973000022428 Edmonson Kentucky 21 Sep 1975 Thieret, John
48846
KNK
Magnolia macrophylla
31973000016148 McCreary Kentucky
KNK
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101832 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101845 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0102082 Jackson Kentucky
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101862 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101847 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101844 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101819 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101830 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101820 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0102081 Harlan Kentucky
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101842 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0102069 Laurel Kentucky
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101848 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101868 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101840 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101866 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101821 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101898 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101818 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101836 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101859 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101823 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101852 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101871 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101843 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101855 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101857 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101839 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101861 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101870 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101854 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101846 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101841 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101829 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101860 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101838 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101831 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101833 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101874 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101849 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101858 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101856 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101865 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101851 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101864 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101867 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101873 White Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101827 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0102070 Wolfe Kentucky
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101826 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101834 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101853 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101822 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101837 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101825 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101835 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101897 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101824 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101869 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101828 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101850 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101863 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
TENN-V-0101872 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012680 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012683 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012678 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012679 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012685 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012675 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012682 Lawrence Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012677 Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012676 Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012687 Lawrence Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012681 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012686 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012684 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
UCHT012688 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia macrophylla
BEREA024142 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107868 Leslie Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107871 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0052883 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0056660 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107464 Leslie Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0009971 Lawrence Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0064449 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0064448 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0091754 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0070940 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107447 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107870 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107452 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0095750 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107869 Leslie Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0009972 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107451 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0064450 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0081722 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0078941 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0045795 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0107448 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0110438 Lawrence Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
APSC0045794 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia macrophylla
N/A Powell Kentucky 28 Sep 2018 Calvin Andries
233
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
N/A Menifee Kentucky 16 Sep 2018 Calvin Andries
215
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
N/A Powell Kentucky 28 Sep 2018 Calvin Andries
228
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU034339 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032216 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU030150 Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020821 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU021820 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032219 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020818 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032260 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032261 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032430 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU034375 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU029020 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU032214 Campbell Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020824 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020823 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020822 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU035342 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU020819 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001315 Warren Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001322 Lawrence Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001321 Grundy Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001212 Franklin Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001320 Blount Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001316 Warren Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001318 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001313 Grundy Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001317 Van Buren Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001323 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001314 Grundy Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
MTSU001319 Marion Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia macrophylla
UOS03782 Franklin Tennessee 04 Jul 2002 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Magnolia macrophylla
UOS03791 Van Buren Tennessee 21 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Magnolia macrophylla
UOS03786 Franklin Tennessee 10 May 2007 Jon Evans
UOS
Magnolia macrophylla
SWMT00199 Pickett Tennessee J. Williams and S. Posner
SWMT
Magnolia macrophylla
31234100791621 Cumberland Kentucky
EKY
Magnolia macrophylla
HTTU035377 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia macrophylla
MEM011366 Fentress Tennessee 29 Apr 1967 Alma Warrington
58
MEM
Magnolia macrophylla
MEM011464 McCreary Kentucky 23 Jun 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72E3.1
MEM
Magnolia macrophylla
MEM016297 Shelby Tennessee 31 May 1981 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
81D3.2
MEM
Magnolia macrophylla
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Magnolia macrophylla - Dwayne Estes
Magnolia macrophylla - Joey Shaw
Magnolia macrophylla - Joey Shaw
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Magnolia macrophylla - Milo Pyne
Magnolia macrophylla - Sunny Fleming
Magnolia macrophylla - Sunny Fleming
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell
Magnolia macrophylla - Theo Witsell