Though it grows mostly in the southeastern United States, the sweetgum ... tree stood high on a cliff overlooking the old Esopus Meadows Lighthouse in the Hudson River near Rhinebeck, New York.

is believed to be the oldest living thing in New York City. The tree is located in Alley Pond Park in Queens and is visible from Interstate 495. Sweetgum leaves are star-shaped with five ...

Sweetgum is found natively in the low, wet bottomland woods of southern Indiana, but is planted ornamentally through the state. This species grows as far north as coastal New York, as far south as ...

Spiky round fruiting structures which hold the seeds as well as star-shaped leaves are signature characteristics of the sweetgum, a tree native to southern Indiana and utilized ornamentally throughout ...