Common Name - Sweet Gum

Scientific Name - Liguidambar styraciflua

Description: has a straight trunk with a diameter of 1 1/2 to 3 inches; reaches a height of 60 to 100 feet; branches that often have irregular, corky wings; symmetrical-looking tree; conical crown becomes rounded with age.  Tree located at
Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Mattoon, Illinois
The Sweet Gum Tree

Description:
has a straight trunk  with a diameter of 1 1/2 to 3 inches;  reaches a height of 60 to 100 feet;  branches that often have irregular, corky wings;  symmetrical-looking tree;  conical crown becomes rounded with age. 
Habitat:

wet sites with acid soil;  chiefly southern lowlands in areas that are inundated much of the year.
     Range: southeastern U.S. from North Florida as far north as Boston and as far west as East Texas and Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri.

 Sweet Gum Tree in Late Fall

© Riddle Elementary School, Mattoon, IL - 2003

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