Tupelo
DOWNLOADMarch 11, 2016 - Bert Cregg
Nyssa sylvatica
- Height: 35’
- Spread: 20’
- Site characteristics: Light-textured soils; shade-tolerant
- Zone: 5a - 9a
- Wet/dry: Tolerates wet sites, intermittent drought
- Native range: Eastern United States and Midwest
- Salt: Relatively tolerant
- pH: 5.5 - 7.0
- Shape: Pyramidal
- Other: Bright red fall color
- Additional: Difficult to transplant: use small sizes, balled and burlaped only; slow to recover from transplanting; transplant in spring
- Pests: Heart rot can be a problem on occasion
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