Liquidambar styraciflua

• Grow your own American Sweetgum, one of the tallest and fastest growing trees of eastern deciduous forests in the U.S.
• Bulk tree deal for landscaping projects, windbreaks, restoration and reforestation work, and other large-scale plantings
• Seed-grown on California's Redwood Coast
• Transplanting and care instructions included
  
  

Highlights

	Moisture Medium
	Cold Hardiness -20°F
	Light Full Sun / Partial Shade
	Size 50 – 150' tall / 30 – 75' spread
	Lifespan 400 yrs
	Growth Rate Medium / Fast Growing
	Drought Tolerance Moderate
	Wind Resistance Medium

Tree Story

About American Sweetgum

From the U.S. Forest Service:

"Sweetgum is a large, native, long-lived, deciduous tree that reaches heights of 50 to 150 feet (15-45 m) at maturity. It is easily recognizable by the long-petioled, star-shaped leaves which have five long-pointed, saw-toothed lobes. The brown bark is deeply furrowed into narrow scaley plates or ridges. Young sweetgum trees have long conical crowns, while mature trees have crowns that are round and spreading. Sweetgum is monoecious with the male flowers in several clusters and the female flowers hanging at the end of the same stalk. The ball-shaped fruits contain many individual seed-bearing sections, and persist throughout the winter."

Size Chart

Seedling Size Chart: Small

Due to the dynamic nature of actively growing trees, as well as the tremendous variation between species’ growth rates, we rely on the cubic volume of a seedling’s root mass to determine its “size” (Small / Medium / Large / XL). Within each size there is minor variance — the dimensions provided here represent the category minimum. If exact measurements are essential, please contact us about current stock.