Liquidambar — 3 species
Botanical species in the genus Liquidambar recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Liquidambar formosana
Liquidambar formosana
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Cultivation
Liquidambar formosana is a plant of moist areas in the subtropics to tropics and is not generally very frost-tolerant. The Monticola group, which comes from western Hubei and north-eastern Sichuan, is the hardiest form and can tolerate temperatures lower than -5°c when dormant. Young plants are susceptible to frost damage and should be protected for their first few years.
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Liquidambar orientalis
Liquidambar orientalis
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a moist but not swampy loam in a sheltered position. Prefers a neutral to acid soil. Grows poorly on shallow soils overlying chalk.
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Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Cultivation
Liquidambar styraciflua is a tree with a wide environmental range, being found as far north as Connecticut in N. America and south to El Salvador and Honduras in Central America. It is mainly, but not exclusively, found at elevations above 1,000 metres in the south of its range, but with some specimens succeeding down to 450 metres.
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