Gum Tree Spiky Balls. Sweet gum trees produce these prickly little balls sweet gum fruit. Sweet gum trees are considered a pioneer species because they are often the first trees to repopulate an area.
They dangle from branches on long stems. Sweet gum trees do not produce the spiky seed pods until they are at least 20 years of age according to the. As a monoecious plant a sweet gum bears male and female flowers.
As a monoecious plant a sweet gum bears male and female flowers.
As a monoecious plant a sweet gum bears male and female flowers. Although they may look like prickly little seeds sweet gum tree balls are actually the fruit of the. Additionally the sweet gum s spiky gum balls hang conspicuously from the tree s smaller branches sometimes all winter. By mid fall the balls are dead and seedless.
