Liquidambar styraciflua - Wikipedia
Sweetgum is one of the main valuable forest trees in the southeastern United States, and is a popular ornamental tree in temperate climates. It is recognizable by the combination of its five-pointed star-shaped leaves (similar to maple leaves) and its hard, spiked fruits.
How to Grow and Care for Sweetgum Trees - The Spruce
2023年3月6日 · The American sweetgum is a tall, deciduous tree with glossy green leaves in summer, best grown for its fall foliage; often, multiple colors (red, orange, yellow, purplish) will be found on the same plant in autumn. They are easily recognizable for their fruits that look like spikey gumballs, which is why it's called a "gum tree."
Sweetgum Trees (Gumball Tree): Types, Leaves – Liquidambar ...
2021年5月20日 · Sweetgum trees (botanical name Liquidambar) are a species of large deciduous flowering trees with large lobed leaves, small globular flowers, and seed-containing spiky gumballs. Sweetgum trees are identified by their colorful lobed leaves that can be orange, red, yellow, or purple colors in the fall.
American Sweetgum | Yale Nature Walk
Liquidambar styraciflua is known as the American sweetgum. It is a deciduous tree that can be found in southeastern U.S., as well as southern Mexico and Central America. The sweetgum is a fast-growing tree that develops a significant taproot that tolerate high moisture levels in soil.
Liquidambar - Wikipedia
Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum [2] (star gum in the UK), [3] gum, [2] redgum, [2] satin-walnut, [2] or American storax, [2] is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. [1]
Liquidambar styraciflua (American Sweet Gum, Redgum, Red Sweet Gum …
American sweetgum is a woody, deciduous tree frequently found in wet river bottoms, in swamps that frequently flood, and on drier uplands (except the high mountains) throughout North Carolina. It is native to the eastern United States and Mexico and is a member of the sweetgum family (Altingiaceae).
Identifying the Sweetgum Tree - Treehugger
2022年7月8日 · A guide to identifying sweetgum. Find out more about the sweetgum tree's habit, range, silviculture, and management.
Sweet-gum - The Morton Arboretum
Gumball-like, 1 to 1 1/2 inch, spiny fruits change from green to brown in late summer and fall. Fruits are a dehiscent capsule and persist into winter. They are considered messy, especially near sidewalks and patios. Sweet-gum grows best in full sun to partial shade in deep, moist, bottomland soils.
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum) - Gardenia
Native to eastern North America, Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum) is a magnificent, large, deciduous tree adorned with a straight trunk and a broadly conical crown. Narrow and erect when young, the tree develops an oblong to rounded crown at maturity.
Liquidambar styraciflua — sweet-gum - Go Botany
Sweet-gum is a handsome native tree that reaches the northern edge of its range in New England. It is called "sweet-gum" for the tasty, thick sap harvested from under the bark and used for everything from poultices to chewing gum.