Is the magnolia a coniferous tree?

Answer 1

Limiting to the United States; there are two trees. First and most common I've seen is the the Southern Magnolia (Evergreen) which can grow to 90 ft (hardly a bush). Second is the Sweetbay Magnolia (sometimes Deciduous) and this beautiful tree produces 6-8 in flowers that smell like vanilla and can soar above 90 ft!

Answer 2

No. Magnoliophyta is actually the name of the giant clade of flowering plants. The thing that you might see on a magnolia that looks like a cone (which always comes after the plant has flowered, and a plant can't have both flowers and cones) is actually the fruit. The fruit is derived from the complex flower that has many carples. A flower with many carples can form an aggregate fruit; a bunch of individual fruits stuck together. The individual fruits are called follicles (dry thin fruits that break along one or more seams), therefore the magnolia fruit is an aggregate of follicles. Each follicle has a seed that is stuffed inside in some species or hanging out by a thread in other, and the seed is almost always covered in a bright red or orange seed coat.

Answer 3

There are 210 different types of Magnolia.

They often have aromatic twigs and large, showy flowers.

Answer 4

Yes.