American Sweetgum, Sweetgum
name: label: Discipline
content: Botany
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is an American sweetgum tree seed pod. It is a dark reddish-brown sphere with protruding woody spikes. Without the stem, American sweetgum seed pods measures approximately 3 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm to 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm in size. If the stem is present, the stems measure between 6-8.5 cm and are attached directly to the gum ball. This specimen description was written remotely based on images as part of Amber Kreiensieck's internship in Fall 2021.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 May 2022
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Liquidambar styraciflua
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400536-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Myrothamnanae, Saxifragales, Altingiaceae