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    Sweetgum

    Liquidambar styraciflua
    Family: Altingiaceae

    Natural History

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    Leaves and fruits of sweetgum | Photo credit: Franklin Bonner, USFS (ret.), Bugwood.org

    The sweetgum is also known as redgum, star-leaved gum, alligator-wood, and gumtree. It is easily recognized by its star-shaped leaves and its woody, spiny, ball-like fruit.

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