Morning Eye Candy: Sweetgum
Posted in Photography on November 16 2015, by Matt Newman
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American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on the Main Lawn – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on November 16 2015, by Matt Newman
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on the Main Lawn – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
The Sweetgum not only adds beauty to fall’s landscape – its fruit (gum or sticker balls) are laden with seeds attracting Purple Finch, House Finch, and American Goldfinch. In past years, Pine Siskin and Crossbills also fed from the forest’s Sweet Gums.