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Description. Liquidambar styraciflua L., sweetgum, is native to southeastern, east-central, and south-central United States, southern Mexico, and central America. It is a large deciduous hardwood tree, which can grow to over 100 feet in height and 3 to 5 feet in diameter, with a symmetrical, cone-shaped crown.
Sweetgum is a hardy, ornamental tree that is valued for its shade as well as its lumber. They make attractive specimen trees all year and especially in the fall when the leaves turn brilliant colors before dropping in the fall. Young trees transplant best in the spring into well-watered soils. The roots are slow to develop.
INTRODUCTION. Sweetgum grows in a narrow pyramid to a height of 75 feet and may spread to 50 feet (Fig. 1). 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).
20 maj 2021 · This article is a guide to identifying sweetgums trees. Descriptions and pictures of popular sweetgum trees will help identify these deciduous landscape trees. Sweetgum Tree Facts. There are 15 species of sweetgum trees in the genus Liquidambar and the family Altingiaceae.
Mature trees are 1.5 to 3 feet in diameter at breast height, depending on site. The largest known sweetgum in the United States is 6.3 feet in diameter and 125 feet tall; its crown spreads 100 feet. An American Wood Figure 2–Sweetgum bark.
23 cze 2015 · Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) is the only species of its genus in the Western hemisphere. The species is a relatively early successional species with wide seed dispersal, fast growth and...
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) is the only species of its genus in the Western hemisphere. The species is a relatively early successional species with wide seed dispersal, fast growth and is considered one of the most adaptable tree species in North America, growing across a wide range of soil types, altitudes, and hydrologic conditions.
