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Scientific name - Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Synonyms -- Popular names - Black gum, Tupelo, Distribution and Habitat - originally from Eastern and Central North America, grows on wet soil, light, alluvial, but also on small slopes and dry clay. Description - dioecious tree, 25 meters high. Dark brown bark with deep cracks. Glabra or slightly hairy stalk, thin, red-brown, smooth; mugurele terminal 3-5 mm, nested, 6-8 scales visible, few pubescent and Chile, bicolori with red edges and the rest suprafatei green. Crown pyramid. Leaves alternate, simple, 6-18 x 3-7 cm, pubescent or slightly ribbed tomentos, 1 cm long, limb obovata-lanceolata or elliptic, entire, toothed edges, top mucronata, the round, hairy surface of the ribs is low, with exceptthe main ribs is very pubescent. Flowers in bunches of 2-14, greenish white, female flowers are Sesi. Blooms in April-June. Fruit drupe, oval, dark blue to black, 1 cm long, 2-3 on a peduncle, peduncle 2-3 cm long. Growth rate - fast. Tolerances - drought and shade. It adapts to different soil types. Requirements - grows well in moist but well drained soil, pH 5.5-6.5, in full sun or semi-shade. Management - transplanteaza be difficult. The young plant is protected from the cold winds of winter. Skims are autumn. Propagation - by seeds, the seeds must be stratified in moist sand for 60-90 days, it looks like spring. Diseases and pests -- Natural partners and Garden - Gymnocladus dioica, Lagerstroemia indica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Persea borbonia, Quercus alba, Sassafras albidum, Viburnum nudum, Zelkova serrata. Cultivars and varieties - N. sylvatica var. biflora (Swamp Tupelo). N. sylvatica 'Miss Scarlet' red autumn leaves and large blue fruits. N. sylvatica 'Autumn Cascade'. Properties and Utition - is used as ornamental trees for color leaves, autumn. Myth, Legend and Folklore -- References Jacqueline Herit - Complete Trees, Shrubs and Hedges - Creative Homeowner, 2006 James S. Fralish, Scott B. Franklin - Taxonomy and Ecology of Woody Plants in North American Forests - WileyBlackwell, 2002 Melanie Choukas-Bradley, Tina Thieme Brown - Ann Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees - University of Virginia Press, 2004 Ray R. Hicks - Ecology and Management of Central Hardwood Forests - WileyBlackwell, 1998 Richard M. DeGraaf - Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Attracting Birds - University Press of New England, 2002 Susan A. Roth - Taylor's Guide to Trees - Mofflin Houghton, 2001
See also
 Trees and shrubs
Alnus cordata - alder of Corsica
Alnus cordata is a deciduuous tree, native to Italy and Corsica, occurs naturally in poorly drained soils, in semi-shade. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure, dry conditions as well as a dusty atmosphere. Is cultivated as ornamental trees in gardens and parks. Fraxinus ornus L.
Tree of 10 to 25 m high. The stem is right, well branched crown, smooth gray bark. The wood is brittle, with many knots and wavy fibers. Lujerii are very fine glabrata or pubescent, green-gray Akebia quinata
Liana Wood, single, semi-evergreen, perennial. Strain gray-brown with prominent lenticele. Leaves alternate, palmately-compound, 5 folio ribbed stipelate. Oblonga call to Foliolele ovat-elliptic, the round, ribbed 4.5 to 10 cm long. Raceme axillary blossom, clocks, male flowers are arranged terminal Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia gilliesii - a species native to temperate and subtropical regions of South America, grown on every continent as an ornamental species in parks and gardens, may naturalize in areas where the climate is favorable. Kigelia africana
Kigelia is a genus with a singke species, which is cultivated as an ornamental tree. Sausage tree is a tree whit a invasive root system, so keep it clear of buildings and paving. Magnoliopsida
Campsis radicans
Genus was created by Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro (1717-1791) in the 1790 Flora Cochinchinensis for Campsis grandiflora. Linne named species with TECOM radicans and Thunberg gave the name of Bignonia radicans. Nerium oleander - common oleander
Nerium oleander - leandrul-evergreen species, ornamental, used as a solitary species, in groups or in the form of hedges. Flowers may be single or double, plain green leaves or variegata. Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica growing naturally along rivers in Central and South America. Is cultivated in world wide like ornamental, in hedges or solitary. Resistant to drought anf flooding. The seeds of P. aquatica are delicious raw, boiled or roasted. Young leaves and flowers are also edible. The seeds are high in protein and edible oil. Haplophyllum patavinum
Haplophyllum patavinum belongs to the family Rutaceae, dedicated to the city of Padova (IT). Species by extinction due to habitat destruction, species protected by law (in Italy). Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Chrysosplenium alternifolium is a rare species that grows in damp and shady places. |
 
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