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Tree
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Star-shaped leaves with multi-colored fall color. Special care: can yellow in alkaline soil and drops spiky seed balls — consider fruitless 'Rotundiloba'.
Recommended uses
- Shade
- Fall color
- Large properties
- Plant type
- Shade tree
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun
- Shade tolerance
- Low
- Water needs
- Medium
- Mature height
- 50–70 ft
- Mature width
- 30–40 ft
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Medium