Common Names: Sweetgum, American sweetgum, American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood
Latin Names:
Liquidambar styraciflua
Type: Tree
Origin: Native
Edible: Can chew the dried resin which is harvested in the fall. The gum is supposed to be fragrant but bitter.
Other uses: Animals eat the seeds. Wood is a major crop in Southeastern U.S. The resin is amber color and smells good. The resin and bark is used medically.
Notes: Leaves can be colorful in the fall.
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| Sweetgum (June) |
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| Sweetgum (April) |
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| Sweetgum (June) - bark |
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| Sweetgum (April) |
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| Sweetgum (April) |
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| Sweetgum seed (May) |
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| Sweetgum seed (April) - from last year |
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