Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Witch-hazel family

Plant Type

Tree

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

130.0 feet

Flower Color

White, Green

Bloom Time

Early Spring, Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use High

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host 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

Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

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.