It's hard to say. I think that the disturbed environments may have soil less acidic, which is good for them, but where they came from I don't know. Sweetgum is found in damp or wet areas, but if you go far away from human disturbance, you can't find any at all. Only Sourgum, Atlantic White Cedar or Swamp Maple. In some swampy areas where there has been human disturbance, you can find all 4 kinds of trees. I find it interesting.
--- On Tue, 3/3/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Winter Tree O'the day #4? To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 12:44 PM 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
