{"id":1393,"date":"2024-04-30T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1393"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:56:31","slug":"sweet-gum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet-gum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Gum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Ornamentals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sweet Gum (<em>Liquidambar styraciflua<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A deciduous tree with an upright growth habit. When young the canopy is&nbsp;<em>pyramidal<\/em>&nbsp;in shape, but it becomes rounded with age.&nbsp;<em>Simple<\/em>&nbsp;leaves are spirally arranged,&nbsp;<em>palmately<\/em>&nbsp;shaped with five or seven&nbsp;<em>lobes<\/em>&nbsp;and may be up to 7 inches wide. The&nbsp;<em>margins<\/em>&nbsp;are finely&nbsp;<em>serrate<\/em>&nbsp;and leaves show some fall color. When crushed, they are aromatic. The twigs have corky, twisted wings. Fruits are woody and rounded to 1\/2 inch in diameter, with many spines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet_gum.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet gum tree with green leaves turning color\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2007, Ikmo-ned. This photo is licensed under&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet gum foliage\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/1480267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richard Webb,\u00a0Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet_leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet gum leaf\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/2151078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Evans, River to River CWMA,\u00a0Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet_youngfruit.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet gum young fruit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>National Junior Horticultural Association<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sweet_matfruit.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet gum mature fruit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/15250.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven J. Baskauf http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":987,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7681,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions\/7681"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}