Liquidambar styraciflua
American Sweetgum
Hamamelidaceae

Located between Radcliff Hicks and W. B. Young Bldgs.

  • leaves alternate, star-shaped, 5-lobed, pointed
  • leaves glossy green in summer, vividly colored in fall
  • terminal bud large, shiny, green-red
  • twigs bear corky wings when young
  • stems aromatic when crushed
  • flowers green, inconspicuous, early spring
  • fruit is a dangling cluster of spiky follicles
  • fruit turns from green to brown and is persistent
  • bark gray-brown, furrowed
  • habit is a medium-large rounded tree

View Liquidambar styraciflua page in the UConn Plant Database

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