Georgia Coastal Plain Native Plants
for Conservation Landscaping and Wildlife Habitat

sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua

USDA Plant Code: LIST2 Light Requirement: full sun - part shade Soil Moisture: medium - dry Height: 80-100 feet Leaves: deciduous Protected Plant: no Commonly Available at Nurseries : yes Growth Habits: tree, Hardiness Zone: both Salt Tolerance : yes Drought Tolerance: yes

Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: yes Riparian Buffers: yes All Pollinators: yes Native Bees and other Pollinators: no Butterflies and Moths: yes Hummingbird: no Rain Garden: yes Bloom Color: white/green Bloom Period: spring Fragrant: yes

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Bark; Large sweetgum (see hat at base). Noxubee NWR Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Noxubee NWR Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Large sweetgum Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Liquidambar styraciflua 'Pendula' John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Liquidambar styraciflua; sweetgum Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Liquidambar styraciflua; sweetgum Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Liquidambar styraciflua; sweetgum Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); American Sweet gum Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); tree trunk Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); trunk; branching Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); last years fruit Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); foliage Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); foliage Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); foliage Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); foliage Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Spring Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Foliage; 'Rotundiloba' John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

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