Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/12-206
Notes:
This tree is one of the larger trees in the northwest part of Magnolia Lawn and is surrounded by a bed of mulch.
Cucumber magnolia differs from other magnolias in that its flowers are greenish and not particularly attractive. Its common name comes from its fruits which are greenish as they develop. This particular tree has not been seen to produce mature fruit. Unlike the more well-known southern magnolia, cucumber magnolia looses its leaves in the fall.
Cucumber magnolia is rare in the wild in middle Tennessee, but in east Tennessee it is common and is an important timber tree.
This tree is also described on p. 82 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
Cucumber magnolia differs from other magnolias in that its flowers are greenish and not particularly attractive. Its common name comes from its fruits which are greenish as they develop. This particular tree has not been seen to produce mature fruit. Unlike the more well-known southern magnolia, cucumber magnolia looses its leaves in the fall.
Cucumber magnolia is rare in the wild in middle Tennessee, but in east Tennessee it is common and is an important timber tree.
This tree is also described on p. 82 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 1-845.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Remarks:Described in the 1994 Trees of Vanderbilt p. 82. Cut down sometime before 2020.
Identifications:
Magnolia acuminata
(L.) L.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: cucumber tree
family: Magnoliaceae
Identified 2002-06-11 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14347°, -86.79827°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2002-05-14
2002-06-11
2002-09-17
2003-04-23
2006-06-22
2006-04-14
2006-06-08
2006-08-09
2006-08-28
2006-09-05
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 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | twig - orientation of petioles |
 | twig - winter overall |
 | leaf - unspecified |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - lateral view of flower |
 | inflorescence - lateral view of flower |
 | inflorescence - lateral view of flower |
 | inflorescence - close-up of flower interior |
 | fruit - as borne on the plant |
 | fruit - lateral or general close-up |
 | fruit - lateral or general close-up |
 | fruit - lateral or general close-up |
 | fruit - section or open |
 | fruit - immature |
 | fruit - immature |