Taxon: Nyssa sylvatica Marshall

Common names:

• black tupelo   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• black-gum   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• sour-gum   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• nyssa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide AH 519)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: fiber   (for wood pulp and timber, laminated wood fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: wood   (for wood pulp and timber, laminated wood fide AH 519)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine [s.w.], Michigan [s.], New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [e. & s.], Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Burckhalter, R. E. 1992. The genus Nyssa (Cornaceae) in North America: a revision. Sida 15:337.
• Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:213.
• Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nyssa sylvatica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nyssa sylvatica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nyssa sylvatica.

Check other web resources for Nyssa sylvatica Marshall:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Nyssa sylvatica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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