Magnoliaceae
Sweet bay
Magnolia virginiana
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- ماغنوليا فرجينية, المنغولية, سفراس, مانوليا, مجنوليا
- arz
- ماغنوليا فرجينيه
- azb
- ویرجینیا ماقنولیاسی
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya maqnoliyası
- Chinese
- 北美木兰, 白背玉兰
- Czech
- Šácholan viržinský, Magnólie viržinská
- English
- Sweet bay, Sweetbay, White bay, Swamp bay, Swamp laurel, Sweet magnolia, Beaver tree, Beavertail
- German
- Sumpf-Magnolie
- Hungarian
- Illatos liliomfa, Virginiai magnólia
- Japanese
- バージニアモクレン, ヒメタイサンボク
- koi
- Виргинияись магнолия
- Persian
- مگنولیا ویرجینیایی
- Russian
- Магнолия виргинская
- Swedish
- Virginiamagnolia
- udm
- Виргиниысь магнолия
Synonyms
- Magnolia glauca var. longifolia Pursh
- Magnolia glauca var. pumila Nutt.
- Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.