Also called hazel pine, American-storax, bilsted, red-gum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, and alligator-wood.
Part of
sweetgum family Altingiaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA South and East, and parts of 🇲🇽 Mexico and Central America.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48)
(color key),
🗺 map (North America, Central America), 
🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Often grows in clonal colonies
[1]
— look around for other stems!
Scores high (7 out of 10) on the OPALS™ Ogren Plant Allergy Scale.
Planting info (SW Michigan).