Given the question: Liquidambar orientalis commonly known as oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to the eastern Mediterranean region that occurs as pure stands mainly in the flood plains of southwestern Turkey and on the Greek island of Rhodes. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Plant