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The heavy clay soil is wet year round and supports large tracts of swamp white oak and black gum trees ringed by carpets of wildflowers and ferns.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
Elliott looks up and envisions a black gum with deep red-orange leaves in the fall.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Elliott steps back and decides on another black gum left of the front door.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Redbud, red maple, scarlet oak, black gum and sycamore are among the varieties being offered for pickup this weekend at the paring lot of the Benjamin Banneker Museum and Park in Catonsville.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Also called tupelo, black gum is a fast grower that doesn’t mind swampy areas.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 July 2023
Our fall color standouts tend to be Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) all of which are fantastic fall color trees, but none of them show up in sufficient density for a screen-saver-worthy aerial photo.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
The remains of a four-chambered brick structure are set among black gum trees, live oaks and scrub brush.
—Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
Soon, a balding man wearing black gum boots came into view: Pierre Bizimana, a farmer and a part-time milk collector.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
Elliott looks up and envisions a black gum with deep red-orange leaves in the fall.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Elliott steps back and decides on another black gum left of the front door.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Redbud, red maple, scarlet oak, black gum and sycamore are among the varieties being offered for pickup this weekend at the paring lot of the Benjamin Banneker Museum and Park in Catonsville.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Also called tupelo, black gum is a fast grower that doesn’t mind swampy areas.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 July 2023
Our fall color standouts tend to be Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) all of which are fantastic fall color trees, but none of them show up in sufficient density for a screen-saver-worthy aerial photo.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
The remains of a four-chambered brick structure are set among black gum trees, live oaks and scrub brush.
—Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
Soon, a balding man wearing black gum boots came into view: Pierre Bizimana, a farmer and a part-time milk collector.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
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“Black gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20gum. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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