Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Genus
Liquidambar
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Species
styraciflua
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Variety Type
Ornamental
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Variety
Liquidambar
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Growth Rate
Moderate.
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Foliage
Lustrous dark green with deep, distinctive lobes. Autumn colour from yellow to purple; can be variable and inconsistent.
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Bark
Greyish-brown, furrowed.
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Ornamental Fruit
Pendulous, 3 cm diameter woody ball of numerous capsules that hold on the branches into winter.
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Tree Habit
Conical when young, becoming rounded to oval with age. Eventually becomes a large tree.
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Flowers
Inconspicuous. Emerging with the leaves in spring. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant (monoecious).