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Liquidambar styraciflua L.

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
English American red gum;Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum
Français Copalm
Italiano Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Suomi Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Norsk Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Čeština Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Español Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Svenska Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Polski Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Український Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Român Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Русский Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Български Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
EESTI Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
日本語 Amerikanischer Amberbaum;Storaxbaum;Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Other names estoraque, liquidambar, ocozotl (MX); satén (ES, cAm)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque
Hough

Origin

Geographic Regions North America
States and Territories USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Mexico (Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Colombia [I]; Taiwan [I]; Turkey [I]; Cyprus [I] (N-Cyprus [I], C-Mountains [I], S-Cyprus [I], W-Cyprus [I]); Myanmar [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Saxifragales
Family Altingiaceae
Genus Liquidambar
Species styraciflua
Author citation L.
Scientific name Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/hamlisty.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites n/a
Remarks /D ähnliche Arten aus Südasien (1) und Kleinasien (2): /E similar species from southern Asia (1) and Asia Minor (2): /F autres espèces semblables du Asie Sud (1) et Asie Minor (2): /P outras espécies similares do sul da ôsia e ôsia Menor /S otras especies similares de Asia Sur (1) y de Asia Menor (2): / Liquidambar formosana (1); Liquidambar orientalis (2)

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood n/a
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood n/a

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.44-0.55 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

Hough

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Splintholz, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

Bark

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

American red gum; Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Bilsted; ambar wood; tassel wood; Sweetgum

LOST , Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson