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Oriental Sweetgum

Liquidambar orientalis

Field notes

Liquidambar orientalis, commonly known as oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar, native to the eastern Mediterranean region, that occurs as pure stands mainly in the floodplains of southwestern Turkey and on the Greek island of Rhodes.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided