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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
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Common name:
Slender Silhouette sweetgum
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Distribution:
Species native from e. United States to Central America
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A narrow upright form of our native sweetgum introduced by noted Kentucky plantsman, Michael Hayman. This deciduous tree is described as reaching 50' tall with a spread of only 10'. Leaves are star-shaped, 5-7 lobed, glossy medium green in summer. Fall color is potentially a rich burgundy red. Flowers are monoecious, stalked, yellow-green and inconspicuous. Fruits ripen in the fall as a globose aggregate of seed (syncarp) enclosed in a prickly husk.
Links:
Horticulture Magazine
Locations
1:
BCA: BQ32
(BQ32)
• Accession: D2002-0553.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
BCA: BR32
(BR32)
• Accession: D2002-0553.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3:
HAM: AX08
(AX08)
• Accession: D2002-0553.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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