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Encyclopedia > Liquidambar
Sweetgum

American Sweetgum leaves with
November fall color in South Carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales (Hamamelidales)
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Liquidambar
Species

Liquidambar formosana
Liquidambar orientalis
Liquidambar styraciflua


The sweetgums Liquidambar are a genus in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae, with three species of large deciduous trees, 25-40m tall, with palmately lobed leaves:

They are popular ornamental trees, particularly in warm-temperate areas with hot summers, being some of the most reliable trees for good autumn (fall) colours in these conditions.


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PLANTS Profile for Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum) | USDA PLANTS (310 words)
Liquidambar styraciflua L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Liquidambar thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
Liquidambar styraciflua L. View 5 genera in Hamamelidaceae, 2 species in Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua L. This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state.
liquidambar styraciflua - definition by dict.die.net (1062 words)
Liquidambar styraciflua n : a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua]
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L.
The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.
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