Liquidambar styraciflua L. - Accepted: Liquidambar styraciflua L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Hamamelidaceae (Zander 2008)
Liquidambar styraciflua L. - Accepted: Liquidambar styraciflua L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Altingiaceae (APG III)
Liquidambar styraciflua L. - Accepted: Liquidambar styraciflua L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Altingiaceae (APG III)

Flowers

monoecious

Life form

tree

Leaves

long-petiolate, palmately lobed, with serrate (saw-toothed) margin

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

ball-shaped capsule fruit

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous)

Soil conditions

preferentially on moist, alluvial clay and loamy soils

Natural occurrence (habitat)

river bottoms and alluvial forests

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

mixed mesophytic forests; in communities with oaks, maples and hickories

Constraints according radiation (light)

shade intolerant

Usage

wood is used for making furniture, crates, baskets, interior trim, millwork, railway ties, excelsior, and pulpwood; also used for fuel

Bark

brown bark, deeply furrowed with narrow scaly plates or ridges

Coladonato, M. (1992): Liquidambar styraciflua. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/liqsty/all.html;

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;