Sweetbay. Magnolia virginiana

Sweetbay Magnolia

Sweetbay magnolia
Scientific name: Magnolia virginiana
Family: Magnoliaceae

Sweetbay is a native magnolia found in swampy areas and along rivers in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. It produces white flowers with a vanilla scent. The fruit is an aggregate follicle with reddish orange seeds. The leaves are dark green and shiny on the top and light green to white on the underside.

If you look closely on the ground for seed pods in summer, you may find some with tiny white mushrooms in the genus Strobilurus.

Pollinators include bees and beetles. 

iNaturalist observation
www.inaturalist.org/observations/108733211

​Lat: 39.491336
Lon: -74.526643
Accuracy: 37m
Geoprivacy: Open