Umbrella Tree
(Magnolia tripetala)

Tree Description

Thin tree with a wide base. It has long branches that branch out from the base about 2-5 feet off the ground. Tree height varies on average between 30 and 40 feet.  

Leaf Description

• Leaf Texture is pubescent
  
• Leaf Arrangement is alternate
• Leaf Margin is entire
• Leaf Venation is pinnate
• Leaf Division is pinnately compound
• Leaf Attachment is Petiolate
• Leaf Shape is oval and thicker at the top

Bark Description
       
The bark is smooth and the aged bark has a light gray color with white spots and the newer bark has a reddish hue and also has white spots.

Twig and Bud Description

                
Twigs are purplish-brown.  They are slender or moderately stout.

Fruit Description 

Cone-shaped fruit growing upward.  Appears to have seeds on outside segments.  The fruit is green but the base is yellow.

 Back to Trees Home Page

Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998