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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • IEST TREES -e>-&gp<sa?. MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA (Magnolia fraseri Walt.) THE mountain magnolia, sometimes locally known as wahoo, is a small tree, 30 to 40 feet high, with a straight, leaning, or divided trunk, 9 to 18 inches in diameter and has wide-spreading, rather brittle branches. It is found in the rich coves and on the cool slopes of the southern Appalachian Mountains at elevations from 2,000 to 4,000 feet. The bark is usually smooth and grayish brown. The terminal winter buds are smooth, purple, iy2 to 2 inches long. The leaves are distinctive, being oblong with the lower end narrowed and "auricled" (i. e., having lobes like ears) at the base. They are smooth, 10 to 12 inches long, crowded at the ends of the twigs, and drop off in the autumn. The flowers are white, fragrant, 8 to 10 inches wide, and "perfect" (i. e., having stamens and pistils in the same flower.) The fruit at maturity is red and shaped like a cucumber, 4 to 5 inches long, bearing many scarlet seeds, each in a carpel, or cell, on which is a long stiff point. The wood is light, soft, weak and easily worked. It is only occasionally used for lumber or pulp- wood, in places where practically all species are being cut. The tree is occasionally planted for ornamental purposes, but it is said to be less hardy than the other magnolias. MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA Leaf, one-third natural size. Twig, two-thirds natural size. 54
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