Nyssa sylvatica

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Nyssa sylvatica - columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

black gum, pepperidge, sour gum

tupelo tree, tupelo - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America

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black gum pepperidge sour gum Tupelo tupelo tree			Tupelos of the Nyssa sylvatica ("of the forest") species are also known as black gum, sour gum, black tupelo, bowl gum, pepperidge, stinkwood, wild peartree, ogeechee tupelo, gopher plum, ogeechee plum and yellow gum. Tupelo trees offer fall drama, tasty honey by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products Asimina triloba (pawpaw) and Nyssa sylvatica (black gum) (mostly root sprouts), dominated the seedling layer, while pawpaw and sugar maple were the common saplings (Table 2). Woody vegetation survey of beall woods nature preserve, Wabash ... by Ebinger, John E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Another plant that caught my eye recently on a trip round Kew Gardens is called Nyssa sylvatica, a lovely shrub. A splash of autumn hues; Gardening by Drury, Howard / Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			Nymphic Nymphicus Nymphicus hollandicus Nymphiparous Nymphish Nymphlike nympho nympholepsy nympholept Nympholeptic nymphomania nymphomaniac nymphomaniacal Nymphomany Nymphotomy Nynorsk Nyoro Nypa Nyquist frequency Nyquist rate Nys Nysa NYSE Nyssa Nyssa aquatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssaceae nystagmus Nystan nystatin Nyula Nyx NZ NZC NZCER NZE NZEF NZEFIP NZEI NZLR NZMA NZOM NZPA NZR NZRFU NZRN NZSE NZSO O O & M O Canada			NYSPLTC NYSPMA NYSPOA NYSPPSA NYSPS NYSPSA NYSPSC NYSPTA NYSQHA NYSR NYSRA NYSRC NYSRDA NYSRECA NYSRFC NYSRPA NYSRPS NYSRRAP NYSRRC NYSRS NYSRTA NYSS Nyssa Nyssa Nyssa Nyssa aquatica Nyssa sylvatica NYSSACC Nyssaceae Nyssaceae NYSSB NYSSBA NYSSBDC NYSSCA NYSSCPA NYSSCSW NYSSD NYSSEA NYSSF NYSSFSA NYSSHRM NYSSI NYSSIPP NYSSIS NYSSLHA NYSSMA NYSSMOH NYSSO NYSSOS NYSSPA NYSSPE NYSSRA

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