Liquidambar styraciflua 'Hapdell' HAPPIDAZE
Liquidambar styraciflua (see C116 herein) is commonly called sweet gum. It is a low-maintenance deciduous shade tree that is native from Connecticut to Florida and Missouri further south to Texas, Mexico and Central America. It typically grows to ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Trees of the Maritime Forest - Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua is the Sweetgum, a Facultative species. Sweetgum is a medium to large deciduous tree found in wetlands and upland areas. Sweetgum has light to medium brown bark which is somewhat furrowed. The branch tips are coarse, and ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum grows naturally in a narrow pyramid. It has glossy, star-shaped leaves which turn bright red, purple, yellow or orange in the fall/early winter. The trunk is normally straight and does not divide into multiple trunks. The bark becomes ... [... more]
Bonsai Clubs International |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'
This sweet gum cultivar is a narrowly pyramidal, deciduous tree which typically grows 60-75' tall (less frequently to 100'). Deep green leaves have, as the cultivar name suggests, distinctively rounded lobes (5-7). Foliage turns yellow to ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweet gum is a low-maintenance deciduous shade tree that is native from Connecticut to Florida and Missouri further south to Texas, Mexico and Central America. In Missouri, it typically occurs in moist low woods and along streams only in the far ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
(Liquidambar styraciflua)
Glossy, green, star-shaped leaves turn yellow, orange, red, and purple in the fall. The fruit is spiny, brown and round. Not tolerant of pollution or areas where root systems do not have ample room to spread. Spiny, ball-shaped fruit creates ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
Trees with white, silver or yellow variegated leaves
Trees with white, silver or yellow variegated leaves. Plant listing These are all sports, perhaps occurring originally on one branch only, of normal trees that have been propagated vege-turns a rich yellow. LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA Variable, but ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Trees of the Maritime Forest: Scientific Names
Lagerstroemia indica, Crapemyrtle Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy privet Ligustrum sinense, Chinese privet Liquidambar styraciflua, Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera, Tulip-poplar Magnolia grandiflora, Southern magnolia Magnolia virginiana, Sweetbay ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Partial List of Trees That Will Grow in Light Shade
Hoptree,Ptelea trifoliata Ironwood,Carpinus betulus Persimmon,Diospyros virginiana Possumhaw,Ilex decidua Redbud,Cercis chingii Sassafrass,Sassafras albidum Sweetgum,Liquidambar styraciflua Sycamore,Platanus occidentalis Buckeye, Red, Aesculus ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Trees: Liquidambar styraciflua
Pyramidal in youth; upright; semi-conical to spreading with age Star shaped leaves with 5 to 7 lobes; yellow, orange, scarlet, purple fall color Fruit is a litter problem in lawn areas; seeds eaten by birds Insignificant flowers; spiny fruit Sun ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Shrubs: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gumball'
Multi-stemmed, globe-shaped shrub; rounded top; tapers to a wide base Regular-sized leaves; yellow, orange, red and purple fall color [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Liquidambar styraciflua
Witchhazel Family, with a few relatively minor disease and pest problems, but chlorotic foliage can result from alkaline pH soils that lead to iron and nitrogen deficiency Sweetgum is somewhat sensitive to being transplanted in the Autumn (a ... [... more]
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