Herbarium of the Bizarre

Sweet Gum

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Fun Fact: Sweet Gum seeds were carried onboard the space shuttle in 1984. The seeds were brought back down to earth and planted, and the trees survive to this day.


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Information provided by:

  • Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (2nd ed.) by Scott Cunningham (2014)
  • Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America (3rd ed.) by Steven Foster and James A. Duke (2014)
  • https://americanorchard.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/the-most-dangerous-tree-in-the-suburbs/
  • Kill the flu with this common backyard tree from Legacy Wilderness Academy (15 July 2024). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YGnksW_adH8
  • Sweetgum: An ancient source of beneficial compounds with modern benefits by Jody M. Lingbeck, et al. (2015) https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.156307
  • https://ufi.ca.uky.edu/treetalk/ecobot-sweetgum
  • Magnificent Trees of Indiana by Caroll D. Ritter (2022)
  • Trees of the Carolinas by Stan Tekiela (2007)
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar
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