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20 maj 2021 · Sweetgum tree leaves are star-shaped, large palmate leaves with three to seven lobes. The large leaves from sweetgum trees grow between 5” and 8” (12 – 20 cm) long. Looking at pictures of sweetgum leaves, you’ll see that each leaf consists of three to seven pointed blades.
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.
6 mar 2023 · Some of its other common names refer to its traits: It has star-shaped leaves of 5 to 7 lobes (thus "star-shaped gum"), corrugated bark (thus "alligatorwood"), and some of the branches are "winged," as on winged euonymus, also called "burning bush" (Euonymus alatus), displaying corky flanges.
26 maj 2022 · Sweetgum Leaves. To correctly identify a sweetgum tree, start by looking for its large star-shaped, lobed leaves. Each leaf has five points with serrated or saw-toothed edges. As far as color, the upper sides of sweetgum tree leaves are medium to dark green, while the undersides are pale green.
8 lip 2022 · Look for the star-shaped leaf as foliage grows in the spring, and note the dried seed balls under the tree. Roundleaf sweetgum, or Liquidambar styraciflua rotundiloba, has star-shaped leaves...
15 gru 2022 · Sweetgum trees (botanical name Liquidambar) are a big deciduous flowering tree with huge lobed leaves, tiny globular flowers, and seed-containing spiky gumballs. In the autumn, the colorful lobed leaves of sweetgum trees may be orange, red, yellow, or purple.
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. Leaves are fragrant when bruised.
