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27 sty 2022 · The black tupelo tree is an attractive ornamental tree native to North America. Also called the black gum or sour gum, the deciduous tree is identified by its oval, dark green glossy leaves, bark resembling alligator skin, clusters of greenish-white flowers, and bluish-black fruits.
The black gum is grown as an ornamental for its beautiful, scarlet red, fall color and for its shiny, dark green leaves in the summer. Its native range includes southern Ontario to the Central and Eastern United States, and Mexico.
Black Gum Tree has strikingly brilliant red to deep purple foliage in the fall. The small blue berries can be a nuisance as they attract birds. The name Tupelo comes from the native American muscogee language meaning "swamp tree". The fruit of the black gum tree is used to make pies, jams and drinks.
27 sie 2021 · Songbirds love black gum fruits which ripen about the same time as the leaves start to turn colors. Photo credit: Wendy Cutler, CC-By-SA 2.0
8 paź 2013 · Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) , also called black gum tree is a North Eastern American native tree producing edible fruit in the fall.
The fruit is a black-blue, ovoid stone fruit, about 10 mm long with a thin, oily, bitter-to-sour tasting flesh and very popular with small bird species, particularly the American robin. There are from one to three fruits together on a long slender stalk.
4 wrz 2024 · The black gum tree, also known as black tupelo, is a medium-size deciduous tree with a slow growth rate, gaining only around one to two feet per year. It generally grows in a rounded shape with a straight trunk, and its bark is likened to alligator skin.
