EIU Home

Biology Department

Virtual Garden Home

Bio3312 e-garden index

    -- Annual flowers

    -- Perennial flowers

    -- Flowering bulbs

    -- Native Prairie

    -- Ornamental grass

    -- Groundcover, vines

    -- Evergreens

    -- Trees

    -- Shrubs

    -- Other

 

Booth Library Archives

Campus Tree Tour

  --  Tree Tour Podcast

 

Local Gardens

    -- Campus Gardens

    -- Virtual Garden

    -- Azalea Garden

Titan Arum images

 

Plant Image Index

Thut Greenhouse Tour

Thut Slide Presentation

Contact Webmaster

Last Update:

06/19/2008

 

SPECIMEN TREES ON THE EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: A WALKING TOUR

Previous Tree    Next Tree

.
44. Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), a native of the southeast, has few insect and disease problems, an attractive shape, and brilliant fall coloration. It is a desirable and very popular ornamental, but not reliably hardy north of central Illinois.
.
44_0790.jpg (69756 bytes) 44_1361.jpg (72193 bytes)
Winter Spring Summer Fall
.
Liquidambar_styraciflua01.jpg (59084 bytes) Liquidambar_styraciflua02.jpg (60620 bytes)
.

Detail images courtesy UConn Plant database

.

Sweet Gum links:

Plants for a Future

UConn Plant Database

USDA Plant Database

USDA Plant facts (PDF)

USDA Plant guide (PDF)