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Sweetgums Liquidambar

This hub compares 3 species records. Across all 4 records, it carries 38 evidence rows from 22 distinct cited sources. The species split is 1 fire-resistant and 2 awaiting directional evidence. 1 genus-rank record is shown separately; genus-rank claims do not override a species record, and species evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: sweetgum Liquidambar Fire-resistant Limited evidence 1 source rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Fire-resistant: 1 species

sweetgum Fire-resistant Liquidambar styraciflua Majority — dissent on page · 27 sources Zones 5–9 genus-level claims ↑

Awaiting evidence: 2 species

About sweetgums

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: tree. The records span published USDA zones 5–9. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Liquidambar: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated sweetgums grow

Tagged as growing in 31 states.

See Liquidambar on Grow → · JSON