Which magnolias are native to Northern Illinois. I know cucumber tree but are there others
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From:
Jay Hayek
Extension Specialist, Forestry
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Karren:
Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata) is Illinois' 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.
From: John Falcone
City: Edwardsville, IL
So the Big Leaf Magnolia is not native to Illinois?
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From:
Jay Hayek
Extension Specialist, Forestry
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Correct -- bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) is not native to Illinois.
