Sour gum

Basic Information
Tree ID: 
152
Family: 
Nyssaceae
Genus and species: 
Nyssa sylvatica
Surveyors: 
Olivia Paoletti, Isabella Paoletti, Ophelia Pilkinton
Location
Area: 
Prospect and Sachem
Collected Data
Tree shape: 
Oval
Date of tree entry: 
02/08/2023
Height: 
3.90 m
Diameter at breast height: 
0.19 m

Bark
The bark of the black gum tree is an irregularly shallow furrowed bark with a light gray-brown color. It is noncontinuous, broken into block patterns.
Fruit
The sour gum tree produces a fleshy dark purple drupe fruit. The flowers present as greenish-white in color.