Liquidambar styraciflua

American Sweetgum 

FAMILY: HAMMAMELIDACEAE

About American Sweetgum at OSU's Landscape Plants site

• Native to eastern and southern North America and south to Nicaragua.

• Record height of 200’ but usually <100’.

• Leaves are 5-lobed and look a little like maple leaves, except they are alternate instead of opposite.

• Flowers are inconspicuous. The fruit is prickly 1” ball (“gumball”) and tends to litter the ground.

• Named for the fragrant resin under bark.

• Common in Portland.

Tree #	Location	Dimensions	Photo and Notes
55	2617 NE 16th Ave Right of Way	90' Height 58' Spread 11' Circ.	This is the south tree in a pair of Heritage Sweetgums at this location.
56	2617 NE 16th Ave Right of Way	90' Height 53' Spread 11.6' Circ.	This is the south tree in a pair of Heritage Sweetgums at this location.
214	5104 NE Flanders St Right of Way	96' Height 85' Spread 10.9' Circ.
362	7300 SW Brier Pl Right of Way	104' Height 60' Spread 10.9' Circ.