That's interesting that the sweetgum is found in areas of human disturbance. Did the sweetgums take over when some other trees couldn't propagate in the disturbed environment? Jenny
On Mar 3, 3:35 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Sweetgum. I don't remember the Latin name at the moment. Liquidamber > something-or-other. > Here in South Jersey it can only found in areas where there has been human > disturbance in the past, because our soil is a little too acidic for it. > Barry > > --- On Tue, 3/3/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Winter Tree O'the day #4? > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 6:36 AM > > Hi, > > The link shows 5 pix of one species. This is a large tree at maturity > and an eastern U.S. native. > > Thanks! Jenny > > http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/Id4?feat=directlink > > Winners: > > #1 - Larry > #2 - Travis Morse/Barry Caselli > #3 - Jeff LaCoy > #4 - ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
