67. Evergreen Magnolia

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An Evergreen Magnolia enjoys the hot, sunny southwest corner of the Atmospheric Sciences building. One of earth's internationally famous ornamental trees, this species is native in the Deep South, where it grows large enough, fast enough, to be a commercially valuable lumber tree. Large, glossy evergreen leaves make it look like a gigantic houseplant. From may until winter it opens a succession of fragrant white blossoms, as much as a foot wide. The name magnolia commemorates Pierre Magnol (1638-1715) a French professor of botany at Montpelier.

Pictured below: Map of geographic range of Evergreen Magnolia.

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