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Black Gum Tupelo Black Gum is a splendid ornamental tree of pyramidal shape and beautiful green leaves. A great specimen tree. Leaves will turn brilliant orange and red in the fall to contrast with bright blue small fruit which can hang in thru November.. The fruit is 1/2" long, blue-black ripens in the fall and is eaten by many birds and mammals. Bark is rough, dark gray, broken into many-sided plates. The twigs on a black gum are greenish or light brown, smooth or often downy. |