Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum

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Latin name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Common name: Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum full tree in May

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum bud photo taken in March

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum leaves photo taken in May

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum leaves photo taken in June

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum leaves showing fall colors, photo taken at end of October

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum. Emerging leaves in May. Green leaves in June. Leaves showing fall colors, photo taken at end of October

Fruit of Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua ) is still green at the end of October

Pictures of fruit and leaves of Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua ) in Late October 2005. The fruit is still green, but the leaves have turned to beautiful shades of red and yellow.

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum, empty fruit husks hanging on tree, photo taken in March

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum, empty fruit husk hanging on tree, photo taken in March

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum empty fruit husks scattered on ground, photo taken in March

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum, empty fruit husks hanging on tree and scattered on the ground. Photos taken in March

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum trunk and bark

Acer saccharinum L.

Kingdom Plantae – Plants
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
        Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
            Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                    Subclass Hamamelididae –
                        Order Hamamelidales –
                            Family Hamamelidaceae – Witch-hazel family
                                Genus Liquidambar L. – sweetgum
                                    Species Liquidambar styraciflua L. – sweetgum

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