Plant Identification Learning Module:
Ornamentals

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Upright, large-trunked, evergreen tree with large, stiff leaves that are alternate, shiny, dark green above an light green or brown below. The spring flowers are large, white and fragrant. Fruits are cone-like, 4-inch aggregates of many dark red seeds.


Really big Southern magnolia tree taken far enough away to get the whole tree in.
Photo courtesy of Tom Wichman, used with permission.


Bark of Southern magnolia tree trunk
(cc) 2007, KENPEI. This photo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1.




Fruit of Southern magnolia
(cc) 2008, Philip M. Stewart. This photo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0