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About
Sweet Gum Trees: Sweet Gum is a rapid growing shade
tree usually grown for its excellent fall color. It has an upright
pyramidal growth habit in its youth and then becomes spreading, irregular
and open as it ages. The star shaped lustrous dark green foliage turns
a spectacular fall color, often a combination of green, yellow, orange,
red and purple foliage, but sometimes solid crimson, burgundy or scarlet.
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Gum picture
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Gum Tree Facts |
Scientific
Name: |
Liquidambar
styraciflua
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Foliage: |
Deep
Green Leaves
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Mature
Height: |
60-75
Feet
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Mature
Spread: |
40
Feet
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Soil: |
clay,
loam
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Zones: |
4-8
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Moisture: |
moderate
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The
Sweet Gum tree usually does not flower or fruit for the first 15
to 20 years. It prefers full sun and can grow to 60 feet high and
40 feet wide. The Sweet Gum tree has landscape value as a shade,
specimen or focal point tree. It is an excellent lawn, park, or
street tree. Birds like the seeds it produces. The bark has a corky
appearance.
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