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Arboretum
"A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity." - Alexander Smith
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Southern Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora)
Donated by
KCTOP
Tree Map Location: #
216
In Honor of Lois Ott upon her retirement
after 26 years of service to Kaskaskia College
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Leaf:
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Alternate, simple, evergreen, oval to elliptical, 5 to 8 inches long, pinnately veined, entire margin, very thick almost plastic-like, waxy/shiny dark green above, paler with rusty fuzz below.
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Flower:
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Monoecious; very showy and fragrant, 6 to 8 inches wide with large white petals, occur singly in late spring and occasionally a few in the fall.
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Fruit:
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An aggregate of follicles, green changing to red and later to brown, cylindrical, 3 to 5 inches long with a bright red seed (1/2 inch long) in each follicle, maturing in fall.
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Twig:
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Stout, with white to rusty tomentum and a long (1 to 1 1/2 inches) silky white to rusty red terminal bud.
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Bark:
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Brown to gray, thin, smooth/lenticellate when young, later with close plates or scales.
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Form:
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A medium sized tree up to 80 feet with a pyramidal crown. When open grown, the crown is dense with low branches.
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To participate in the Kaskaskia College Arboretum please contact:
Office of Institutional Advancement
618-545-3069
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