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Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Family: Hamamelidaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)
Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.
Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons
Edible Parts: Leaves
Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring
Flavor & Culinary Uses
sweeten the breath. — A chewing gum and a stabilizer for cakes etc is obtained from the resin.; It can also be chewed to sweeten the breath.
Habitat & North American Range
Swampy woods which are often inundated annually and on rich bottom lands. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)