Poisonous Sweet Gum Tree Balls

The sweet gum s primary liability according to the makers of this list are the thousands of spiny brown seed balls gum balls if you will that it casts upon the ground around it.

Poisonous sweet gum tree balls. She s a flat coated retriever about 75 lbs. This plant s genus. It is currently classified in the plant family altingiaceae but was formerly considered a member of the hamamelidaceae. Every subdivision from florissant to kirkwood to maryland heights has several of them.

If your sweet gum is too tall to spray or if you don t want to attempt spraying a small tree you can stop fruit production by having a certified arborist administer a trunk injection. I think she may have ingested them this morning. While you can t eat the balls or the seeds pioneers once peeled the bark and scraped the resin like solid to produce chewing gum and medicines. The tree s dark grayish brown twigs bear unusual corky ridges that lend the tree a peculiar angularity.

They are hard round balls about 1 1 2 inches in diameter and covered with sharp little bristles that can hurt a dog s paws. Sweet gum is one of the main valuable forest trees in the southeastern united states and is a popular ornamental tree in temperate climates. When i m pulling a wagon full of kids they can make travel difficult. I think my dog has eaten some sweet gum balls from a sweet gum tree.

Sweet gum trees are so beautiful until you want to walk barefoot through your lawn. Before you write them off as just a nuisance consider these simple ways to utilize the sweet gum ball tree and it s falling fruit. She always is trying to eat something but now she s very lethargic and is drinking lots of water. While the trees were popular for builders and municipalities to plant due to their medium to fast rate of growth and beautiful color they have become an.

The american sweet gum is a popular tree in the st. It s currently flu season which means many people are hom. The certified arborist will inject the. Despite these nuisances we always slow down to take a look and to collect the unusual alien balls we always end up with.

Birth control injections for sweet gum trees. Additionally the sweet gum s spiky gum balls hang conspicuously from the tree s smaller. Are these things harmful to dogs. On our typical route there are 3 trees that bear these weird little balls.

I ve twisted my ankle on them more than once. Sweet gum trees also have unusual fruit. According to the lazy landscaper these hard brown spiky balls that can create some serious hazards. American sweetgum trees can be found throughout must of the eastern us.

It s sweet gum ball time of year again and that means you may find yourself slipping on these prickly round seeds. It is recognizable by the combination of its five pointed star shaped leaves and its hard spiked fruits.