Sweet Gum Tree Bark. Ridges tend to form definitively for trees at about 25 years old. It is a popular street tree and is prized for its flashy display of fall foliage.
It is a popular street tree and is prized for its flashy display of fall foliage. The bark of the american sweetgum is a gray brown color and becomes more and more ridged fissured with increasing age. The bark becomes deeply ridged at about 25 years old.
In scientific nomenclature the sweet gum tree is called liquidambar styraciflua.
American sweetgum liquidambar styraciflua also known as american storax hazel pine bilsted redgum satin walnut star leaved gum alligatorwood or simply sweetgum is a deciduous tree in the genus liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern north america and tropical montane regions of mexico and central america. The sweet gum tree has leaves similar the the maple tree and leaves turn yellow to red in the autmnn. Sweet gum bark and leaves have some but the highest concentration is in the infertile seeds. Full size each sweetgum tree picture you like just click on the sweetgum image to get the sweetgum photo to enlarge.
