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|genus=Gordonia

|genus=Gordonia

|species=lasianthus

|species=lasianthus

|common_name= Loblolly bay

|common_name=Loblolly bay

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|habit=tree

|habit=tree

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|max_zone=11

|max_zone=11

|image=Upload.png

|image=GordoniaLasianthus21Jun03.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_width=240

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'''Loblolly-bay''' or '''''[[Gordonia]] lasianthus''''' is a member of the Tea or [[Theaceae]] family.

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Loblolly-bay (''Gordonia lasianthus''), also called holly-bay, gordonia, and bay, is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree or shrub found in acid, swampy soils of pinelands and bays on the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. It is slow growing with soft, light-colored, fine-grained wood of little commercial value, although loblolly-bay could be managed as a source of pulpwood. The white showy flowers and shiny foliage make it a desirable ornamental, but it is not easy to cultivate. Deer browse stump sprouts heavily.

 

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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

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Gordonia lasianthus, Ellis. Loblolly Bay. Tree, to 60 ft., usually shrubby in cult.: lvs. obovate-lanceolate, narrowed into a short petiole, crenately dentate, dark green and shining above, glabrous, 4-6 in. long: fls. long- pedicelled, white, 2-2 ½ in. across; petals oblong- obovate; stamens short: caps, ovate. July, Aug. Va. to Fla. and Miss.

Gordonia lasianthus, Ellis. Loblolly Bay. Tree, to 60 ft., usually shrubby in cult.: lvs. obovate-lanceolate, narrowed into a short petiole, crenately dentate, dark green and shining above, glabrous, 4-6 in. long: fls. long- pedicelled, white, 2-2 ½ in. across; petals oblong- obovate; stamens short: caps, ovate. July, Aug. Va. to Fla. and Miss. S.S. 1:21. B.M. 668. 1.1.2:41.

 

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