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| Family: | Theaceae |
| Common Name: | loblolly bay |
Photo #1: 2001, Jon Stucky |
Photo #2: 2001, Jon Stucky |
Photo #3: 2001, Alice Brown Russell |
Photo #4: 2002, Jon Stucky |
Description:
Tree, evergreen; leaves simple, alternate, leathery, shallowly crenate to serrate, apex obtuse to acute, base cuneate, 8-18 cm long, short petiolate; leaf scar shield-shaped; bundle scars several, in line or U-shaped row; axillary bud naked, large, hairy; bark gray, with flat-topped ridges separated by narrow furrows; flowers solitary in leaf axils, to 8 cm across, July-Sept.; petals 5, white; stamen numerous, yellow; fruit a capsule, hairy. Could be confused with Magnolia virginiana or Persea palustris, two evergreen species with which it commonly occurs. Common. Bay forests & pocosins. CP. FACW