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.
Identify Maple, Sycamore, and Sweetgum Leaves - Treehugger
2024年9月7日 · Sweetgum leaves are star-shaped with five (sometimes seven) long, pointed lobes whose veins connect to a notched base. They range in color from green to yellow to deep red. The sweetgum produces...
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."
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.
Identifying the Sweetgum Tree - Treehugger
2022年7月8日 · Sweetgum trees make for good shading foliage because they keep their leaves deep into fall. A study of the Chinese sweetgum, Liquidambar formosana, suggests they are also efficient contributors...
Sweet-gum - The Morton Arboretum
Sweet-gum is known for its unique star-shaped leaves with outstanding yellow, red, and purple fall color. It can be an excellent shade tree in the right location, away from foot traffic where the spiky “gumball” fruits will not be an annoyance.
American Sweetgum | Yale Nature Walk - Yale University
Mixed buds of the American sweetgum form in mid-September, and the tree drops its leaves in the fall, and goes dormant during winter. After dormancy, the small green flowers of the sweetgum begin to bloom from March to May. From March to April, meiosis occurs to produce haploid gametes, with pollen dispersal occurring afterward.
American Sweetgum Tree - Forestry.com
2023年6月12日 · The American Sweetgum tree has distinctive characteristics that set it apart from other species. Its star-shaped leaves have five to seven lobes and emit a pleasant fragrance when crushed. The corky bark, with its deeply furrowed texture, adds visual appeal and protects the tree from environmental stressors.
ENH-517/ST358: Liquidambar styraciflua: Sweetgum - EDIS
Sweetgum grows in a narrow pyramid to a height of 75 feet and may spread to 50 feet. The beautifully glossy, star-shaped leaves turn bright red, purple, yellow or orange in the fall (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7) and early winter (USDA hardiness zones 8 and 9).
Liquidambar styraciflua (American Sweet Gum, Redgum, Red Sweet Gum …
Leaf Description: The Sweetgum tree has alternate, simple, serrate, palmate venation, glossy, deciduous, long-stalked, deep green leaves (4-8” across) with toothed margins. Each leaf has 5-7 deeply separated, pointed, star-shaped lobes.