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  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

Cucumbertree Magnolia
(Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement)
A medium-sized tree, native to rich upland woods and slopes in the western half of the Commonwealth. Magnolia wood is used mainly for interior finish, furniture and containers. Songbirds, squirrels and mice eat the seeds.

Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata L
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Leaves
Alternate, simple, 4"-12" long, smooth above, downy beneath; margins smooth or sometimes wavy.
Twigs
Reddish brown, shiny, with peppery smell and taste. Buds covered with greenish white silky hairs; end buds 1/2"- 3/4" long. Leaf scars horseshoe shaped.
Fruit
When young, like a small green cucumber. When mature in autumn, 3"-4" long, a cluster of small red pods, each containing two scarlet seeds; often remains attached all winter. Flowers large (3" long), greenish yellow, single, upright; appear from April to June.
Bark
Gray-brown to brown, developing long, narrow furrows and loose scaly ridges.

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Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

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PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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