Similar to the common Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), but with narrower leaves and found only in wetlands. This Coastal Plain tree has been recorded in Chatham, Granville, and Wake counties in the Piedmont. This one is flowering.

Green Swamp, Brunswick Co., NC 5/15/04.

Like Blackgum, the leaves turn a brilliant red in the fall.

Columbia, NC 10/2/05.

Brilliant fall foliage.

Scotland Co., NC 11/1/08.

A heavily fruiting tree.

Scotland Co., NC 11/1/08.

Scotland Co., NC 11/1/08.

Bark of a young tree.

Brunswick Co., NC 5/15/04.

Bark of a medium-sized tree.

Scotland Co., NC 11/1/08.