Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'
Common name: 
Rotundiloba Sweetgum
Pronunciation: 
li-kwid-AM-bar sti-ra-si-FLOO-a
Family: 
Altingiaceae, formerly Hamamelidaceae
Genus: 
Liquidambar
Synonyms: 
L. s. var. rotundiloba
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Narrowly pyramidal; leaves shiny dark green, with rounded lobes, fall color from yellow to burgundy.  Sometimes reported as not bearing fruit, but some friut has been found.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 5      It was discovered by Rassie Everton Wicker around 1930 near Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina.  The original tree has since died, but Mr. Wicker gave a derivative of the tree to Dr. William Chambers Coker and it still grows in the Coker Arboretum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (https://ncbg.unc.edu/2020/04/11/rassie-everton-wicker/)        
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