Leaf; Falmouth, MA, USA; 6/2004 © Christopher Neill
Identifier: 276 Date of entry: 11.02.2006 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Blackgum
German: Wald-Tupelobaum
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Cornales (10)
Family: Nyssaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Nyssa (1)
Epithet: sylvatica Marsh. (6)
sylvatica => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
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