Black gum (tupelo)
NativeNyssa sylvatica
Tupelo (Nyssaceae) · Other broadleaf · 40–70 ft
Knowing it
Horizontal branching, glossy leaves that turn scarlet early, blocky bark. Dry Ozark ridges and acid flats in the southern half.
What a tree company sees
Tough, cross-grained wood that resists splitting; trunks hollow with age.
Recorded in 39 counties
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Carter County
- Christian County
- Clay County
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Pemiscot County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.