Nyssa aquatica
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Water: | ◍ | wet |
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Water Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), also called cottongum, sourgum, tupelo-gum, and water-gum, is a large, long-lived tupelo tree that grows in swamps and floodplains of the Eastern United States. It has a swollen base that tapers to a long, clear bole and its root system is periodically under water. Water Tupelo often occurs in pure stands. Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree.
Read about Nyssa aquatica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Nyssa aquatica, Marsh. (N. uniflora, Wang. N. denticulata, Ait.). Cotton Gum. Tree, occasionally to 100 ft., with small spreading branches forming a pyramidal head: Lvs. slender-stalked, ovate to oblong, acute or acuminate, entire or remotely toothed, at maturity lustrous above, pubescent beneath, 5-7 in. long: pistillate fls. solitary, surrounded by 2-4 strap-shaped bractlets to ½ in. long: fr. oblong, 1 in. long, dark purple. Va. to Ill. and Texas.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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