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An individual instance of Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vu/G
Notes:
This tree has one of the most unusual locations on campus. Was it an accident that it's growing through a hole in the library's terrace on 21st Ave. S., or was that by design? To learn more about this tree, go to its history page.
Sweet gums are immediately recognizable by their star-shaped leaves, spiky fruit balls, and the strong, spicy smell of their leaves when crushed.
Sweet gums are immediately recognizable by their star-shaped leaves, spiky fruit balls, and the strong, spicy smell of their leaves when crushed.
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Use this stable URL to link to this page:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vu/G.htm
This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier s.n..
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Liquidambar styraciflua
L.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: sweetgum
family: Hamamelidaceae
Identified 2020-03-25 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.145605°, -86.799847°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Altitude: 168 m.
Location determined from Google maps.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2020-03-20
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whole tree (or vine) - winter |