Nyssaceae
Blackgum
Nyssa sylvatica
- Family
- Nyssaceae
- Genus
- Nyssa
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- طوبال حرجي, نسه
- arz
- طوبال حرجى
- Cherokee
- ᎤᏂᏆ
- Chinese
- 多花蓝果树, 黑紫樹
- Czech
- Tupela lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Tupelotræ
- English
- Blackgum, Sour gum, Tupelo
- Finnish
- Mustatupelo
- French
- Gommier noir
- German
- Schwarzer Tupelobaum, Wald-Tupelobaum
- Japanese
- ヌマミズキ
- Kazakh
- Орман ниссасы
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sumptre
- Persian
- بلاکگوم، اکلاهما
- Polish
- Błotnia leśna
- Russian
- Нисса лесная
Synonyms
- Nyssa canadensis Poir.
- Nyssa caroliniana Poir.
- Nyssa ciliata Raf.
- Nyssa integrifolia Aiton
- Nyssa integrifolia var. glauca Pers.
- Nyssa multiflora Elliott
- Nyssa multiflora Wangenh.
- Nyssa multiflora var. sylvatica (Marshall) S.Watson
- Nyssa sylvatica var. aquatica Sarg.
- Nyssa sylvatica var. caroliniana (Poir.) Fernald
- Nyssa sylvatica var. dilatata Fernald
- Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica
- Nyssa sylvatica var. typica Fernald
- Nyssa villosa Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 117 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shelby Sperr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patricia Mulcahy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.