A sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Family: Altingiaceae Native to North America.
Other common names include (according to Wikipedia) alligator-wood, American-storax, bilsted,[red-gum, satin-walnut, and star-leaved gum.
Every autumn I look forward to the brilliant foliage display put on by sweet gums that grow near where I live. This year was an odd exception. In a season in which every other tree took on some of the most vivid colors I can remember, the sweet gums remained dull and pale.
October 4, 2011
Toledo Botanical Gardens. This specimen grows near the main parking lot. In the background you can see the clay sculpture 'Phoenix Cairn' which stands near the northern boundary along Elmer Drive.
Family: Altingiaceae Native to North America.
Other common names include (according to Wikipedia) alligator-wood, American-storax, bilsted,[red-gum, satin-walnut, and star-leaved gum.
Every autumn I look forward to the brilliant foliage display put on by sweet gums that grow near where I live. This year was an odd exception. In a season in which every other tree took on some of the most vivid colors I can remember, the sweet gums remained dull and pale.
October 4, 2011
Toledo Botanical Gardens. This specimen grows near the main parking lot. In the background you can see the clay sculpture 'Phoenix Cairn' which stands near the northern boundary along Elmer Drive.
A sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Family: Altingiaceae Native to North America.
Other common names include (according to Wikipedia) alligator-wood, American-storax, bilsted,[red-gum, satin-walnut, and star-leaved gum.
Every autumn I look forward to the brilliant foliage display put on by sweet gums that grow near where I live. This year was an odd exception. In a season in which every other tree took on some of the most vivid colors I can remember, the sweet gums remained dull and pale.
October 4, 2011
Toledo Botanical Gardens. This specimen grows near the main parking lot. In the background you can see the clay sculpture 'Phoenix Cairn' which stands near the northern boundary along Elmer Drive.
Family: Altingiaceae Native to North America.
Other common names include (according to Wikipedia) alligator-wood, American-storax, bilsted,[red-gum, satin-walnut, and star-leaved gum.
Every autumn I look forward to the brilliant foliage display put on by sweet gums that grow near where I live. This year was an odd exception. In a season in which every other tree took on some of the most vivid colors I can remember, the sweet gums remained dull and pale.
October 4, 2011
Toledo Botanical Gardens. This specimen grows near the main parking lot. In the background you can see the clay sculpture 'Phoenix Cairn' which stands near the northern boundary along Elmer Drive.
See photo in original gallery.