Ohio State University Extension Bulletin

Street Tree Evaluation Project

Bulletin 877-99


LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA Sweetgum

1341-1333 Gumwood, Columbus

Planted: 1956

Site: 7' Tree Lawn

1971 Comments: The trees are growing well and are uniform in habit. However, they will have to be limbed up to prevent interference with pedestrian and vehicular traffic even though this is a wide tree lawn. These trees have the typical formal pyramidal shape of this species when young.

1967 1968 1969 1970 1997
Height ___ ___ 17.7' 18.3' 42.3'
Caliper ___ ___ 3.7" 4.3" 18.0"
Spread ___ ___ 9.2' 9.5' 39.5'

1997 Comments: Storms took out most of the original trees in the planting according to residents. The remaining trees have a significant number of surface roots and some sidewalk damage.

Thirty-eight percent of the overall planting survived (6 of 16 trees). The 1997 data in the table are based on four trees.

Sweetgum

Sweetgum


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