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The Blackgum tree, Nyssa sylvatica, is also known as the Black Tupelo or Sourgum. Blackgum trees are considered one of our most beautiful native trees. It is thought of as one of the five best shade trees in America. The Black tupelo tree makes an excellent specimen tree with its outstanding summer and fall foliage and habit> It is lovely in a naturalized area. The Blackgum has moderate water requirements, and displays a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils.

This deciduous trees has outstanding scarlet fall color and displays a lustrous dark green color in the summer. The tree is pyramidal when young and then opens with age. Some branches are pendulous and the right-angled branches are attractive in winter. It is a good street tree that casts light shade. It does not tolerate standing water. The Blackgum tree is a honey plant for bees and the fruit attracts birds

Willis Orchard Company offers a great selection of nut trees for your home or commercial orchard. From almonds to walnuts, nut trees are high in both nutritional and monetary value. Many nut trees will offer decades of valuable nut harvests and finally top it all off with an even more valuable wood harvest, such as walnut, pecan, and hickory. Whether you are looking for a couple of trees for the backyard or a 50 acre orchard, Willis Orchard Company is ready to assist and provide you with all of your nut tree needs at great prices and, as always, excellent quality.

Twelve food sources were used, the flower buds of red maple (Acer rubrum) and silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and buds and flowers of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) being most important. Of the 213 fox and 41 red squirrel feeding observations, 48% of the observations were of squirrels feeding on buds, with 26% being on sugar maple buds and 21% on red and silver maple buds. Due to a diversity in bud swelling, flowering and fruiting periods of the food trees, food was available throughout the study period. The gross energy values of red maple flower buds and sugar maple buds were determined to be 4.633 kcal/g or 0.01865 kcal per bud and 4.478 kcal/g or 0.05598 kcal per bud, respectively. Maple trees appeared to be as important as mast producers for the survival of the squirrel populations.