Liquidambar styraciflua 

Liquidambar styraciflua 

A well-known, tough and attractive tree that is a good choice as a specimen for larger gardens and in park plantings. Liquidambars are renowned as a source of strong, extended autumn colour and make excellent shade trees, where space permits.
Categories: Liquidambar
  • Genus

    Liquidambar

  • Species

    styraciflua

  • Variety Type

    Ornamental

  • Variety

    Liquidambar

  • Growth Rate

    Moderate.

  • Foliage

    Lustrous dark green with deep, distinctive lobes. Autumn colour from yellow to purple; can be variable and inconsistent.

  • Bark

    Greyish-brown, furrowed.

  • Ornamental Fruit

    Pendulous, 3 cm diameter woody ball of numerous capsules that hold on the branches into winter.

  • Tree Habit

    Conical when young, becoming rounded to oval with age. Eventually becomes a large tree.

  • Flowers

    Inconspicuous. Emerging with the leaves in spring. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant (monoecious).

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