Tree of the Week: May 28th, 2024
This week, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)! The Southern Magnolia is native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Until early 2018, an iconic southern magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years earlier grew near the South Portico of the White House. It was the oldest tree on the White House grounds and was so famous that it was for decades pictured on the back of the $20 bill. In 2018, it was decided on the advice of the National Arboretum to cut down and remove the magnolia because the trunk was in an extremely fragile condition and the supports had been compromised. Offshoots from the Jackson magnolia have been saved, grown up to 10ft and one was planted at the place of the original tree!
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