American sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Altingiaceae
Sub-family: Liquidambaroideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Liquidambar styraciflua
Common name: American sweetgum

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Belmonte, Netherlands - 11 July 2016 (more photos)

Origin

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Mexico
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
ornamental
Harvest method:
Shelf life:
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
Medicinal
medicals
Lipids ( )
liphids
Apiculture:
honey
Fruit:
fruits
Nut:
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
timber
Fuel: stem / wood -2.5 credits 0 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • ornamental
  • timber
  • ornamental

assessments
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Plant Details

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Belmonte, Netherlands - 11 July 2016 (more photos)

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
50
m tallest
Crown width:
18
m widest
Planting distance:
600
cm
Row distance:
600
cm
Growing speed:
fast
fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
umbra

Roots

Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
Years fastest
Lifespan:
150
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: monoecious
specials
Pollinators:
insects
specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 700m 1350 m 2,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -24°C 8°C 20°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 1,000 mm 1400 mm 1,800 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 7.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
30
months
Seed weight:
40,000
70,000
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
Diseases:

Propagation instruction

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Additional Photos

Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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Orlando, USA - 15 November 2016 (more photos) (more photos)