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Nyssa sylvatica

 
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Nyssa sylvatica - black tupelo, blackgum, sourgum
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: black tupelo, blackgum, sourgum
Family: Nyssaceae (tupelo family)
Distribution: e. North America
Habitat: Well-drained sites, swamps (especially in northern part of range), saturated longleaf pine savannas, moist to mesic (or dry-mesic) woods; 0–1100(–1600) m
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: This excellent ornamental, native, deciduous tree becomes oval-upright with maturity, growing up to 50' tall and 30' wide. Quite varied in growth habit, young trees are usually conical with horizontally spreading limbs but eventually develop with picturesque irregular branching. Bark is deeply furrowed and blocky on older trees. Lustrous green summer foliage turns yellow, orange, red or scarlet-purple in fall. Fruit is a dark blue drupe which many birds enjoy. Excellent shade tree, for street or natural area.
Links: Flora of North America (eFloras.org) • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

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  • 1: ADG: AT12 (AT12) • Accession: D1980-0151.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: AES: BN29 (BN29) • Accession: D9999-1073.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: AES: BO29 (BO29) • Accession: D9999-1082.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: AES: BO29 (BO29) • Accession: D9999-1083.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 5: AES: BO29 (BO29) • Accession: D9999-1084.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 6: AZA: BA15 (BA15) • Accession: D9999-1061.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 7: AZA: BB13 (BB13) • Accession: D9999-1062.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 8: BCS: BC08 (BC08) • Accession: D9999-1063.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 9: BCS: BD09 (BD09) • Accession: D9999-1064.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 10: CON: CK14 (CK14) • Accession: D1938-0071.001
  • 11: DWD: AE07 (AE07) • Accession: D1972-0153.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 12: DWD: AF02 (AF02) • Accession: D9999-1031.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 13: DWD: AF09 (AF09) • Accession: D9999-1033.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 14: DWD: AG01 (AG01) • Accession: D1972-0153.008 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 15: DWD: AH02 (AH02) • Accession: D9999-1035.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 16: DWD: AI02 (AI02) • Accession: D9999-1037.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 17: DWD: AI02 (AI02) • Accession: D9999-1038.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 18: DWD: AL04 (AL04) • Accession: D9999-1042.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 19: DWD: AL06 (AL06) • Accession: D9999-1045.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 20: HOL: BG25 (BG25) • Accession: D1972-0153.007 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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