DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (BIGLEAF MAGNOLIA)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

BEEware of the bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla). This tree made such a strong alliance with beetles, that any other insect trying to get in gets KILLED. Then we play a Halloween edition of Family Tree!

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Plantmatic

Additional Reading:

Bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla)
Floral Pollination Biology of Magnolia Species
The magnolias in the subgroup with bigleaf magnolia
The finding of bigleaf magnolia
Killer magnolias

 
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