Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Pronunciation: lick-wid-AM-bar sty-rass-ih-FLOO-uh
Characteristics: Height: 60 to 75 feet
Spread: 35 to 50 feet
Light requirement: full sun, partial sun or partial shade
Flower color: yellow, green
Leaf type and persistence: deciduous
Landscape use: Be careful when locating Sweetgum as a street tree since its large, aggressive roots may lift curbs and sidewalks. Plant trees 8 to 10 feet or more from curbs. Some communities have large numbers of Sweetgum planted as street trees. Much of the root system is shallow (particularly in its native, moist habitat), but there are deep vertical roots directly beneath the trunk in well-drained and in some other soils.
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