. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. SWEET BAY, OR WHITE BAY {Magnolia virginiana L.) SWEET BAY, or white bay, is a small slender tree with gray branches attaining heights of 15 to 30 feet, depending upon the soil conditions. It is found on low, moist or wet lands, and along the margins of water in the Coastal Plain and less abundantly in the eastern portion of the Piedmont region. It is associated with white cedar in the "juniper ; It sprouts up freely after fires and sometimes forms thickets. It is often c
. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. SWEET BAY, OR WHITE BAY {Magnolia virginiana L.) SWEET BAY, or white bay, is a small slender tree with gray branches attaining heights of 15 to 30 feet, depending upon the soil conditions. It is found on low, moist or wet lands, and along the margins of water in the Coastal Plain and less abundantly in the eastern portion of the Piedmont region. It is associated with white cedar in the "juniper ; It sprouts up freely after fires and sometimes forms thickets. It is often cultivated as a gar- den plant in this country and in Europe. The leaves are simple, ob- long, pale green above and white beneath, most of them dropping off during the win- ter, especially in the Pied- mont. The winter buds are thickly "la \\M// fiwMill ^--mPTT^xioyered with fine hairs. The fra- grant f 1 owers, with 9 to 12 pure white petals ou slender smooth stems, meas- ure from 2 to 3 inches across. They continue to open during several weeks in the spring and early summer. The fruit cluster, or "cone," is oval in shape, dark red, smooth, about 2 inches long by one-half an inch broad, and contains scarlet seeds which are variably oval and much flattened, about one-quarter of an inch long. The wood is soft, light brown tinged with red, with cream-white sapwood. The tree is usually too small for the wood to be of much commercial importance, although it is sometimes used along with gum for woodenware and for making paper pulp. ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Conservation and Development; Holmes, J. S. (John Simcox), 1868-1958. Chapel Hill, N. C. : North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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