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| Bloom Period | Early-March to Late-April |
|---|---|
| Category, USDA | Dicot |
| Comment | Woods, moist to dry |
| Present in Plant Communities |
Gardens, meadows or lawns (G2) Marshes, swamps or floodplains (A4,A6,A9) Pine plantation (F5,F7) Slope forest (C4,C5,C6,C7) Thicket or young forest (B12,D1,D7,E1,E3,E4,E6,F6) Upland forest (B1,B4,B9) |
| Family | Hamamelidaceae |
| Fibers Dyes, Ethnobotany | Not found in literature |
| Foliage Color | red |
| Foods, Ethnobotany | Chewing gum |
| Fruit Color Mature | tan/brown |
| Fruit Period | Early-October to Late-December |
| Growth Rate | medium to fast |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Woods, low coastal plain |
| Hardiness Zone | 5a |
| Height | 70.0 |
| Medicine, Ethnobotany | Dressing for wounds, Dysentery, sedative |
| MPA Species IDs | 1374 |
| North American Federations, Ethnobotany | Cherokee, Choctaw, Koasati |
| Native | Yes |
| Other , Ethnobotany | Not found in literature |
| Other Common Names | Sweet-gum |
| Present in Plant Surveys | Ogle, partial survey 1992 Ebert - Holt, 1998 - 1999 Brighton-Longbottom, 2018 |
| Predominant Habit | Tree |
| Range | CT to FL and TX |
| Seed Type | samara |
| Soil Moisture | Moist-dry soil |
| Species ID Ghini | 10654 |
| Status, Ethnobotany | Complete |
| Sun Exposure | Part shade-sun |
| Use | Used for veneer, furniture, interior trim and pulpwood for pine paper. A favorite of yellow-bellied sapsuckers. |
| Mapped Plant Accessions | 2005.0032.297 2005.0032.298 2005.0032.299 2005.0032.351 2005.0032.358 2005.0032.64 2005.0032.66 2013.0023.1887 2013.0023.1898 2013.0023.1934 2018.0016.2013 2018.0016.2014 2018.0016.2015 2018.0016.2016 |
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