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Yes!! You are right! I was wrong! It is American Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua.
And of course it is a native tree! -
Looks like an American Sweetgum.
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Japanese Maple, of course not a native.
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Deedee
Yes!! You are right! I was wrong! It is American Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua.
And of course it is a native tree!
Bruce A Davis
Looks like an American Sweetgum.
Deedee
Japanese Maple, of course not a native.