Black gum?

[letemgrow]

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[Native Hunter]

Nope, buckthorn......

 

[Mennoniteman]

Nope, buckthorn......

C'mon. Don't you see those balls of black gum hanging on that tree? Maybe it's a black gumball tree.

 

[Native Hunter]

C'mon. Don't you see those balls of black gum hanging on that tree? Maybe it's a black gumball tree.

I only like the red gumballs so I’m not qualified on the black ones.

 

[Drycreek]

Not many Black Gums in my neck of the woods, but from my dozer operating days I remember them to be hard to knock down. Got a tap root like a carrot !

 

[Jeff H]

Beautiful trees, Black Gum that is. One of my favorites. I was surprised to learn that they'll grow in zones 4-9.

 

[Worm]

Ive planted a few Blackgums ( aka Tupelo tree ) around the house , much different than the sweetgum. They are awesome ,beautiful trees with the best fall color .I try to kill every sweetgum in the woods .

 

[Native Hunter]

I used to have a camera by a Black Gum and was amazed at how deer (both bucks and does) used it as a licking branch tree. I've even had pictures of them standing on their hind legs and reaching up as high as possible to bite off a mouthful of leaves. The camera was too close to bedding, so I moved it, but I can still see the tree from my main blind. It gets a lot of deer coming to it to leave their scent.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Beautiful trees, Black Gum that is. One of my favorites. I was surprised to learn that they'll grow in zones 4-9.

When I consider the fact that while they are used a bit by wildlife, they are mostly worthless for firewood, or saw timber they look ugly to me. And they spread like weeds and take up the space of a good tree.

Ive planted a few Blackgums ( aka Tupelo tree ) around the house , much different than the sweetgum. They are awesome ,beautiful trees with the best fall color .I try to kill every sweetgum in the woods .

Once established in an area they are very hard to get rid of, almost like an invasive species. I've spent a lot of time cutting and spraying black gum.

 

[George]

If Phil was from Michigan he would probably be well familiar with rhamnus cathartica it seems to be more troublesome up north. Don't plant those seeds Phil.

I have both black and sweet in KY and neither are trouble some.

G

 

[Jimmy Hoer]

Black Gums Matter

 

[THE LLC]

Make really good honey. Beekeepers will pay a nice lease to be able to put hives around Tupelo trees.

 

[DrDirtNap]

Black gum produces greet soft mast for a variety of birds including wild Turkey. On my place in North MS black gum is a highly preferred browse species. I learned this the hard way. I planted a couple hundred in a block of CRP and the deer kept them trimmed down to small bushes.


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