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Also called bull bay.
Part of magnolia genus Magnolia (🏛❀ state flower of Louisiana and Mississippi) in magnolia / 🌷︎ tulip tree family Magnoliaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA Southeast. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America), 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
🏛🌳︎ State tree of Mississippi. 🏛❀ State flower of Louisiana and Mississippi. And gave the nickname "The Magnolia State" to Mississippi.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ___ smooth