The Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered that one of its sweet gum trees—hidden in plain sight until now—was a seed aboard the maiden voyage of space shuttle Discovery almost 35 years ago. Ahead ...
The tradition of sticking gum to a tree at the top of "Cardiac Hill" on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University dates back to the 1960s and continues to this day. However, the Gum Tree ...
Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A beloved landmark on ...
Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Does our central Ohio extended summer have you longing ...
Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...
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