This is a medium to large tree 80 – 90 ft. in height with a dbh of 3 – 4 ft.

Leaves:
 Arrangement: alternate; simple

[if 789 not_equals=””]  Shape: broadly elliptical to ovate[/if 100]

 Margin: entire

 Texture: glabrous, thin

 Variation: parallel

The bark is thin and gray or yellowed brown when young becoming shallowly furrowed with narrow scaly ridges.

It has a white & pubescent bud. The stipule scar encircles twig.

It has golden yellow to greenish yellow flowers and a cylindrical to ovid, long and red fruit.

Look for the red-brown colored twig and very large leaves. It’s yellowish bark contrasts with gray bark of the other magnolias.

Found throughout the middle and southern Appalachian mountains and in sporadic patches in the south.

It is intermediately tolerant of shade and prefers coves, moist slopes, and/or loose fertile soils

It is a preferred food by beaver. Wood is mixed with yellow poplar. Lumber used for furniture, doors, and boxes.