Nyssa sylvatica

Classification	Flowering Plants
Family	Cornaceae
Family (Traditional)	Cornaceae
Genus	Nyssa
Species	Nyssa sylvatica Marshall
Common Name	Black gum
Growth Habit	Tree
Duration	Perennial
Plant Notes	**
C value	5
Status	Native, FAC (NWPL)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Not applicable or data not available.

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Nyssa multiflora	Nyssa multiflora
Nyssa sylvatica var. caroliniana	Nyssa sylvatica var. caroliniana Fernald
Nyssa sylvatica var. dilatata	Nyssa sylvatica var. dilatata Fernald
Nyssa sylvatica var. typica	Nyssa sylvatica var. typica Fernald

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adams, Bartholomew, Brown, Cass, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois, Elkhart, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, LaGrange, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Porter, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Vermillion, Warrick, Washington

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BUT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1911 - 2007

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
96913	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66520	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
96705	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66520	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
96915	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66521	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
96707	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66522	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
96914	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66522	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
96706	Adams	02 Sep 1951	Charles C. Deam 66581	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
75537	Knox	29 Sep 1946	Charles C. Deam 64824	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
99112	Putnam	21 May 1911	Earl J. Grimes 497	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
9032	Monroe	26 Sep 1931	J. E. Potzger 2276	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
92955	Porter	02 Jul 1922	Marcus W. Lyon, Jr.	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
153579	Madison	22 May 1992	P. E. Rothrock 2441	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
154987	Marion	06 Oct 2006	P.A Scott 2512	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marshall
151483	Parke	17 Jun 2007	R. K. Scott 920	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
151482	Parke	12 Oct 2004	R. K. Scott 634	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
72727	Switzerland	06 Sep 1945	Ralph M. Kriebel 10551	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
81396	Clay		Ray C. Friesner 21724	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
11825	Marion	27 Feb 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5491	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
55122	Brown	22 Mar 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15018	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
56167	Crawford	11 May 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15171	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
76873	Fountain	12 May 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20307	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
84034	Vermillion	16 May 1948	Ray C. Friesner 22085	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10473	Parke	20 May 1932	Ray C. Friesner 3955	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10472	Parke	20 May 1932	Ray C. Friesner 3955	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10415	Fountain	21 May 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4031	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
7424	Martin	23 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 2854	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
4065	Jackson	25 May 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
4102	Lawrence	25 May 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
14126	Jefferson	26 May 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5586	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10834	Porter	28 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 4146	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10835	Porter	28 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 4146	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10840	Porter	28 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 4146	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10841	Porter	28 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 4146	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10843	Porter	28 May 1931	Ray C. Friesner 4146	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10243	Starke	30 May 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4203	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
5558	Brown	07 Jun 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
99212	Grant	07 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15263	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
73788	Elkhart	16 Jun 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19011	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
41748	Ohio	18 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12190	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
5259	Bartholomew	21 Jun 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
14707	Putnam	24 Jun 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5872	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
41279	Ripley	25 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12299	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
85693	Orange	25 Jun 1949	Ray C. Friesner 22768	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
99210	Fulton	28 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15512	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
78014	Union	29 Jun 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20666	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
14764	Owen	01 Jul 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5937	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
91969	Dearborn	01 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23468	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
77963	Ripley	06 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20696	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
76882	Ripley	06 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20739	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
76881	Ripley	06 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20740	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
41920	Dearborn	09 Jul 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12539	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
8060	Montgomery	11 Jul 1931	Ray C. Friesner 3150	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
54835	Steuben	12 Jul 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15652	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
77869	Orange	13 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20799	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
77856	Orange	13 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20816	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
47783	Martin	15 Jul 1939	Ray C. Friesner 13781	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
95215	Switzerland	15 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23594	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
11912	Franklin	16 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4455	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
84029	Jasper	17 Jul 1948	Ray C. Friesner 22273	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
81418	Clay	19 Jul 1947	Ray C. Friesner 21714	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
8708	Monroe	25 Jul 1931	Ray C. Friesner 3176	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
84233	Greene	31 Jul 1948	Ray C. Friesner 22351	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
101257	Starke	01 Aug 1936	Ray C. Friesner 9778	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
53983	Elkhart	02 Aug 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15905	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
77806	Decatur	03 Aug 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20911	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
5825	Floyd	23 Aug 1923	Ray C. Friesner 1141	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
11681	Floyd	24 Aug 1933	Ray C. Friesner 1219	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
37700	Harrison	01 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11338	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
37256	Perry	02 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11430	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
37489	Warrick	03 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11517	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
94048	Daviess	05 Sep 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24648	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
10933	Washington	06 Sep 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4981	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
14232	Sullivan	08 Sep 1933	Ray C. Friesner 6568	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
9401	Dubois	09 Sep 1932	Ray C. Friesner 5190	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
20381	Clay	10 Sep 1934	Ray C. Friesner 7901	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
20382	Clay	10 Sep 1934	Ray C. Friesner 7901	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
20357	Knox	11 Sep 1934	Ray C. Friesner 7974	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
9942	Greene	17 Sep 1932	Ray C. Friesner 5266	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
74304	Orange	22 Sep 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19850	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
36880	Brown	25 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11621	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
73912	Union	29 Sep 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19920	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
14927	Johnson	30 Sep 1933	Ray C. Friesner 7033	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
77827	Daviess	05 Oct 1946	Ray C. Friesner 21205	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
78081	Daviess	05 Oct 1946	Ray C. Friesner 21225	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
16682	Putnam	07 Oct 1933	Ray C. Friesner 7082	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93144	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24809	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93145	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24809	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93146	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24809	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93147	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24809	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93143	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24810	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93148	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24811	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93149	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24811	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
93150	Adams	13 Oct 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24811	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
86373	Clark	15 Oct 1949	Ray C. Friesner 23247	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
74051	Scott	27 Oct 1945	Ray C. Friesner 20210	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. var. sylvatica
96916	Cass	01 Dec 1951	Ray C. Friesner 24909	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
2110		01 Sep 1927	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
2108	Morgan	01 Sep 1927	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
2111	Marion	27 Oct 1926	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
2112	Marion	27 Oct 1926	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
156059	LaGrange	6/11/1976	Lee Casebere	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh
156060	LaGrange	6/11/1976	Lee Casebere	BUT Nyssa sylvatica Marsh

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