with terminal buds = …

smooth  or
silky  or
woolly and matted :

Terminal buds=smooth, and

2½ cm (1 in) long;       bark=thick+gray
☔︎ umbrella magnolia  Magnolia tripetala
4–5 cm (1½–2 in) long;  bark=thin+dark brown
🗻︎ mountain magnolia  Magnolia fraseri

Terminal buds=silky

bark=smooth and gray
saucer magnolia  Magnolia × soulangeana
bark=furrowed and dark gray-brown
cucumber magnolia  Magnolia acuminata

Terminal buds=woolly and matted, and

4½–5 cm (1¾–2 in) long;  new growth=light yellow-green
bigleaf magnolia  Magnolia macrophylla

Learn more about magnolia genus Magnolia (Magnolia spp.)

Part of magnolia / 🌷︎ tulip tree  family Magnoliaceae.

🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).

🏛❀ State flower of Louisiana and Mississippi.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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🏠︎ 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins, no thorns

🌷︎ American tulip tree  Liriodendron tulipifera
cucumber magnolia  Magnolia acuminata 🗻︎ mountain magnolia  Magnolia fraseri southern magnolia  Magnolia grandiflora bigleaf magnolia  Magnolia macrophylla ☔︎ umbrella magnolia  Magnolia tripetala sweetbay magnolia  Magnolia virginiana saucer magnolia  Magnolia × soulangeana