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Illinois's Native Magnolias

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From: Karren Wcisel City: Naperville, IL
Which magnolias are native to Northern Illinois. I know cucumber tree but are there others
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Visiting Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Crop Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Karren: Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata) is Illinois's only true native magnolia. Yellow-poplar is in the same family, Magnoliaceae; however, it is not technically a magnolia -- yellow-poplar's binomial is Liriodendron tulipifera.
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