Blackgum
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall - Dogwood family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: White, Green, Brown
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Blackgum: Actias luna luna, Actrix dissimulatrix, Actrix nyssaecolella, Allotria elonympha, Antispila nysaefoliella, Citheronia regalis, Darapsa choerilus, Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Morrisonia latex, Orgyia leucostigma, Polygrammate hebraeicum, Prolimacodes badia, Schizura leptinoides
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast
- CAN: Ontario
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.