Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Sweetgum

Synonyms: Liquidambar barbata, Liquidambar gummifera (illeg.), Liquidambar macrophylla

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Altingiaceae

Genus: Liquidambar

Species: Liquidambar styraciflua

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FAC

PHOTOS OF Liquidambar styraciflua