Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Altingiaceae | Liquidambar formosana | Chinese Sweetgum | Suburban woodlands, escaping from horticultural use. | Native of China, Taiwan, s. Korea, Laos, and n. Vietnam. Naturalizing in our region at least in NC (Orange County) and MS (Harrison County; H. Horne, pers.comm. 2020). | |
Altingiaceae | Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweet Gum, Red Gum, Bilsted, Star-leaved Gum, Alligator-tree | Swamp forests, floodplains, moist forests, depressional wetlands, pond and lake margins, old fields, disturbed areas, nearly ubiquitous in the modern southeastern United States landscape. | CT west to s. OH, s. IL and OK, south to s. FL and TX; Mexico (CHP, CMX, GRO, HGO, MEX, MIC, MOR, NLE, OAX, PUE, QRO, SLP, TAB, TAM, VER); Guatemala. |
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