Botanical Name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Common Name: sweet gum
Family Name: Altingiaceae
Distribution/Origin: Central America, Mexico
Leaf: Green, (fall)Yellow/Orange/Red/Dark-red, Simple, Lobed, Glabrous, Palmate venation,
Orbicular/Acuminate/Acute/Hastate/Truncate
Bud: Alternate, Ovoid, Distinct smell
Flower: Yellow, Not showy, Raceme, Monoecious plant, *Male flower in terminal racemes - *Female flowers in a condensed spike in the axils of upper leaves, Mar/Apr/May
Fruit/Seed: Black, Brown, Capsule, Persistent, Multiple fruit, Aug/Sep
Stem/Bark: Grey, Brown, Showy, Smooth, Deeply fissured, Corky, Single stem trunk,
(Leaf scar)Heart-shaped
Size: Height: 15 - 22m/Spread: 10 - 15m
Habit: Open, Stiffly upright
Form: Oval-vertical, Pyramidal-widely
Soil conditions: Acidic, Well-drained
Moisture: Moderate
Sun: Full sun
Exposure: Partial shade
Landscape use: Specimen plant, Woodland margin, Fall interest
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