Ah, sometimes the Earth Lady wistfully sighs and is somewhat envious of these municipal names, but in the fall, when the tupelo gum tree is adorned in all of its glory and ablaze with color, she ...

The black gum, also known as black Tupelo or sourgum, is native to East Texas’ moist well-drained soils. A deep taproot provides it with water in drier areas but makes it difficult to transplant.

Blackgum, also called black tupelo, tupelo gum, or just tupelo, is a tree that loves to grow in water and water-soaked soils. In fact, the genus Nyssa is the name of a water nymph.

This week, we introduce the black gum or Nyssa sylvatica. The black gum, also known as bee gum, sour gum, black tupelo or pepperidge, has glossy, green oblong leaves broader at the tip that at the ...

It has several other common names, including Tupelo, Black Tupelo and Sour Gum. It has an average-growing canopy tree that can reach between 30-50 feet tall but can get to 90 feet.

Black gum occurs naturally from southern Ontario to the central and eastern U.S. and Mexico. In Missouri, it primarily grows in the southeastern quadrant of the state in low, wet woodlands and ...

The black tupelo can grow up to 40 to 70 feet tall, but it is slow-growing. After 10 years, the average tree will be about 15 feet tall.

Black gum wood is hard to split but many mature black gums are hollow due to fungus. These hollow trees become home to animals, many uses for early settlers and used as bee gums (bee hives).