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Scientific Name - Liguidambar styraciflua
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Description:
| yellowish green flower; tiny, inconspicuous; pollen-producing male blossoms in racemes, seed producing female blossom is a ball hanging on a long stalk. The fruit is a long-stemmed, woody, burr-like brown ball, 1-1 1/4 inch in diameter; made up of many individual fruits, with prickly points on the surface; maturing in fall and persisting through winter. |
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