Few trees announce autumn more gracefully than the sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), which is what you’re seeing here. Its signature star-shaped leaves fan out in layers of yellow, coral, and deep crimson — a slow-motion gradient that lasts for weeks. Those spiky green balls tucked among the branches are its seed pods, often called gum balls,…
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