Tupelo Tree
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Tupelo trees are known for their beautiful fall color and interesting shape.
Tupelos are valued as honey plants in the southeastern United States, particularly in the Gulf Coast region. They produce a very light, mild-tasting honey.
Tupelo
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Water tupelo leaves are 7 inches long, thin, occasionally wavy-margined and oval with a pointed tip. In the fall, they turn orange or red, but not as intensely as their upland cousin, the black gum.
Blackgum, Black Tupelo
Scientific Name: Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
Synonym:
Family: Nyssaceae ...
swamp tupelo Cornaceae (Nyssaceae) Nyssa biflora Walter symbol: NYBI
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Tupelo
NIS-a
Five species of deciduous trees. Leaves alternate, simple, entire or toothed. Flowers inconspicuous, green, 5 petals, 10 stamens. Fruit is an oblong drupe.
Black tupelo, black gum, sour gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
Gum tree (Eucalyptus species)
Lemon-scented gum (Eucalyptus citriodora) ...
Black tupelo makes an excellent shade tree. The formality of its habit lends it to use as a specimen tree although it can be grown in groves quite nicely as well. The medium size of the canopy make it quite useful for smaller properties.
Water Tupelo ( Nyssa aguatica )
Watercolour Rose ( Rosa )
Waterfall Japanese Maple ( Acer palmatum ) ...
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Swamp Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall var. biflora (Walt.) Sarg.
tupelo leaf miner
ID Features
dark blue fruit on female trees only
imbricate large, buds that or slightly downy
alternate leaf arrangement
leathery, elliptical leaves
slender, reddish brown stems
branches at a stiff 90 degree angle ...
Swamp Tupelo [English]: Nyssa biflora
Swamp Tupelo [English]: Nyssa aquatica
Swamp Verbena [English]: Verbena hastata
Swamp Verbena [English]: Verbena hastata var. hastata
Swamp Verbena [English]: Verbena hastata var. scabra ...
Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Black Wattle (Callicoma serratifolia)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm') ...
NYSSACEAE (Tupelo family)
A small deciduous tree of handsome appearance with deep green toothed leaves to 6 inches, furry and paler underneath, with odor like mint.
GENERAL: Also called Black tupelo, this is usually a medium sized tree, to 40' in height on dry slopes and ridge tops, but it can reach 100' and 5' in diameter in moist areas along streams.
Description:
Black Tupelo is a tree that may vary tremendously (from one plant to the next) in its growth habit in youth; most have a generally upright growth habit, but some have a cascading habit (as shown here, reminiscent of Sourwood).
Trees that are difficult to move (beech, hickory, sweet gum, hornbeam, sassafras, tupelo, walnut and white oak) need larger root balls than trees that are easy to transplant.
The wild countryside around consisted of native trees and shrubs-oaks, pines, sweet gum, black gum, tupelo, magnolia, sweet bay, bullbay, hickory, dogwood, holly, yaupon, ironwood, tulip tree, juniper, cedar, cypress, chinquapin, pecan, mulberry, ...
It is now commonly used to make plywood, boxes, pulp, cooperage, woodenware, handles and other items. Bee keepers seek out the tupelos while in bloom, ...
Blackgum, Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) - intense red
White Oak (Quercus alba) - deep red
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) - deep red/maroon
Red Oak (Quercus rubra) - deep red/maroon
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) - golden brown ...
Nyssa sylvatica--Sour Gum, Tupelo, Black Gum
NYSSA INSECTS
NYSSA DISEASES ...
Amelanchier lamarckii AGM. Height 10m (30ft).
Liquidambar styraciflua - for acid or neutral soils. Height 25m (80ft).
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo) AGM - acid or neutral soils. Height 20m (70ft).
Paulownia tomentosa AGM. Height 12m (40ft).
Black Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense Amur Cherry Prunus maakii Sargent Cherry Prunus sargentii Weeping Higan Cherry P.
Tupelo - Nyssa sylvatica
Turbit blanco - Globularia alypum
Turma de ciervo - Elaphomyces cervinus
Turuca yocó - Paullinia yoco
Tusca - Acacia farnesiana
Tusílago - Tussilago farfara
Tusílago mayor - Petasites hybridus
Tuya - Thuja occidentalis ...
 See also: Green, May, Gum, Maple, Black Gum
  
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