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Formosan Sweetgum Identified on UGA Campus

The leaf with three distinct lobes and a long, tapered center is Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana), a native of Taiwan. It resembles American sweetgum but has more elongated, graceful lobes.

Formosan sweetgum

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