Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua L. - Witch-hazel family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 130.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: White, Green
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Sweetgum: Actias luna luna, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Automeris io io, Callosamia promethea, Callosamia securifera, Citheronia regalis, Citheronia splendens sinaloensis, Coleotechnites vagatioella, Dasychira atrivenosa, Dasychira leucophaea, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Eacles oslari, Euzophera semifuneralis, Gluphisia septentrionis, Halysidota tessellaris, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora euryalus, Hyphantria cunae, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Nemoria elfa, Nemoria saturiba, Nephopterix uvinella, Oiketicus abbotii, Orgyia leucostigma, Paectes abrostoloides, Paectes delineata, Paectes pygmaea, Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella, Samia cynthia cynthia, Satyrium kingi, Satyrium liparops, Schizura concinna, Zeuzera pyrina
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.