Fraser magnolia
mountain magnolia
earleaf cucumbertree
mountain-oread
magnolia fraseri latin

The Fraser magnolia, M. fraseri, also attains enough size sometimes to be harvested, as well.

Hemlock and poplar trees dominate the grove, although fraser magnolia, basswood, and beech are not uncommon.

Beyond the bushes, big-tooth aspen, Fraser magnolia, poplar, maple, oak, beech, and Eastern white pine mixed with unfamiliar trees.

Fraser Magnolia is named for the Scottish botanist John Fraser (1750-1811), who collected extensively in the Appalachian Mountains.

Fraser magnolia (Magnolia fraseri) occurs on the slopes of the Allegheny Front, becoming abundant westward, but is not known from North Fork Mountain.

Species named after Fraser include, among others, Abies fraseri (Fraser Fir), Magnolia fraseri (Fraser Magnolia), and the gentianworts, Frasera.

In addition, this species is plagued by poor seed set (most likely from limiting factors mentioned above) and low seed viability, a trait shared by its cousin and frequent associate in the wild in Appalachia, the Fraser magnolia.

The upland forests immediately surrounding the wetlands are dominated by these same species, but also include American beech, sugar maple, black cherry, American basswood, white ash, yellow buckeye, black birch, cucumber tree, Fraser magnolia, and northern red oak.

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