Sweetgum
Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum can get up to eighty feet tall. It has distinctive leaves that provide fall color. The plant is deciduous. It likes full to partial sun and soil that is usually moist to soil that experiences somewhat long very dry periods. It is found throughout most of the state, excluding the seven southernmost counties. It’s also a larval host for luna moths.
Why is it called sweetgum? The bark exudes a gum resin/balsam (storax) when wounded, which solidifies when exposed to air, & can make chewing gum. It's also used in candy, cigarettes, & soda as flavoring.
Size: three-gallon pot
Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum can get up to eighty feet tall. It has distinctive leaves that provide fall color. The plant is deciduous. It likes full to partial sun and soil that is usually moist to soil that experiences somewhat long very dry periods. It is found throughout most of the state, excluding the seven southernmost counties. It’s also a larval host for luna moths.
Why is it called sweetgum? The bark exudes a gum resin/balsam (storax) when wounded, which solidifies when exposed to air, & can make chewing gum. It's also used in candy, cigarettes, & soda as flavoring.
Size: three-gallon pot
Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum can get up to eighty feet tall. It has distinctive leaves that provide fall color. The plant is deciduous. It likes full to partial sun and soil that is usually moist to soil that experiences somewhat long very dry periods. It is found throughout most of the state, excluding the seven southernmost counties. It’s also a larval host for luna moths.
Why is it called sweetgum? The bark exudes a gum resin/balsam (storax) when wounded, which solidifies when exposed to air, & can make chewing gum. It's also used in candy, cigarettes, & soda as flavoring.
Size: three-gallon pot