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Blackgum Tree
Nyssa sylvatica
Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University.
Blackgum, often called black tupelo, grows throughout the state in many types of soils and conditions of soil moisture. Occasionally in the lowlands, it grows along swamp margins. In the hills and mountains, it grows on dry slopes with oaks and hickories.
The slender limbs grow at right angles to the trunk. Blackgum leaves are alternate, roughly oval with short, blunt points. The leaves are smooth-margined, 2 to 5 inches long and 1/2 to 3 inches wide. In early autumn, the leaves turn bright scarlet, often making the first showy display of fall colors in southeastern forests.
The fruit is round, dark blue, about 1/2 inch in diameter and is clustered on stalks up to 1 1/2 inches long. Thin, bitter-smelling flesh surrounds the,-mail, ribbed seed. The bark on younger trees is furrowed between flat ridges and gradually develops into quadrangular block~ that are dense, hard and nearly black -- much like the bark of persimmon.
Blackgum usually is a medium-sized tree, 30 to 40 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet in diameter. It occasionally reaches 100 feet in height and 4 to 5 feet in diameter. In open stands, the crown often is flat and spreading; in dense stands, it is narrow and conical.
The wood is very tough, cross-grained, hard to work and warps easily. It is used for crate and basket veneers, crossties, rough floors andpulpwood.
Black Gum Trees... The trees are between 12" and 24" tall when shipped... And shipped Bare Root...
Shipping and planting times are winter and spring months. Please choose from following months: November thru April. But we will make exceptions with limited warranties due to heat during shipping.
And, any tree shipped during normal green and growth months ...which is May through October is going to arrive with brown, burned leaves. They will recover and go green again, but they are going to look dead on arrival.
PRICING AS FOLLOWS:
2 Black Gum Trees = $12.95 plus $9.50 s/h.
10 Black Gum Trees = $33.95 plus $12.50 s/h.
25 Black Gum Trees = $49.95 plus $20.00 s/h.
50 Black Gum Trees = $89.95 plus $25.00 s/h.
100 Black Gum Trees = $178.00 plus $32.50 s/h.
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