Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...

There are fewer of those pesky sweet gum trees in Springfield these days, but still far more than most people would prefer. A list provided by the Public Works Department shows that 23 sweet gum trees ...