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Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala) in September at Wright Reservation near Chelmsford in northeast MA

Wow, it's an Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala), so called because the huge rounded leaves are clustered and spread out from the branch tips like an umbrella. It is native to New England, but somehow I have never seen this species before.

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