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Nyssa sylvatica
The Tupelo or Sour Gum is an elegant specimen tree highly rated for spectacular autumn colour and the fact that it flourishes in swampy conditions. The summer foliage is glossy green, lower branches are slightly pendulous in habit. Happy in sun or part shade. Deciduous.
All kinds of bees are highly attracted to the flowers. In fact, both black gum and its close cousin the swamp tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) are considered honey trees in many areas. (Honey plants are species that produce enough nectar and are attractive enough that honey bees may gather enough nectar from the flowers to make harvestable amounts of honey in areas where that species is abundant.)
Black gum fruits are also highly nutritious and are sought after by a wide range of birds including turkeys, robins, woodpeckers, mockingbirds, brown thrashers, thrushes, flickers, and many others in its native USA
To 8m
