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Magnolia acuminata
cucumber tree / blue magnolia

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InfradivisionAngiospermae

Family Name Magnoliaceae / Magnolia

Botanical NameMagnolia acuminata

Common Names cucumber tree / blue magnolia

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Appalachian belt, including the Allegheny and Cumberland Plateaus, up to western Pennsylvania and New York. Numerous disconnected outlying populations through much of the southeastern U.S., and a few small populations in Southern Ontario.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests

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