• White-tailed deer and beavers eat black gum twigs and leaves.
• Flowers attract bees and insects.
• Black gum fruits are sour hence the common name - sourgum.
• It is is a small tree, and is able to reach up to 20 metres in height.
• The last two images were taken in Southern Ontario in late October.

 

Black gum trees have brightly coloured fall foliage and provide lots of shade making them an excellent landscape plant. The fruits are too sour for human tastes, but are a crucial source of food for animals such as the fox, woodpeckers and wild turkeys.