Botanical Name: Liquidambar styraciflua Add
Common Name: American Sweet Gum  
Plant photo of: Liquidambar styraciflua
  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40'

 

Flower Color

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Leaf Color

Green, Purple, Red, Yellow

 

Bark Color

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Photographer: Normans/Engstrom/Mullany
  • Description

  • Notes

A tall, deciduous tree of upright, pyramidal habit, the liquidamber has dark green, maple-like leaves that turn beautiful shades of red and yellow in the fall season. It can be used as a single specimen, hedge, or grouped plant.