Order Hamamelidales

Taxon ID: 25894

Summary

Maryland Biodiversity Project has documented 3 taxa in Order Hamamelidales spanning 3 families, and 3 genera.

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MBP has 4,153 records spanning all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City.

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Direct Child Taxa (3)

Taxonomic Leaves (3)

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Sweet Gum in fruit, in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/13/2015).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Wayne Longbottom View Record

An American Sycamore in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/18/2017).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Ashley Bradford View Record

Sweet Gum in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/27/2015).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Dan Small View Record

Sweet Gum with typical, persistent fruit, in Wicomico Co., Maryland (12/28/2013).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

An American Sycamore in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/21/2012).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Mike Ostrowski View Record

The bark of a mature Sweet Gum growing in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/28/2012).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

An American Sycamore growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/18/2017).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Ashley Bradford View Record

An American Sycamore in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/27/2014).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Kimberly Booth View Record

American Sycamore growing in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/25/2016).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Mark Etheridge View Record

American Witch-hazel in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/8/2012).

American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus) Media by Bill Hubick

A large American Sycamore hosting Carroll County's first nesting pair of Yellow-crowned Night-herons (Carroll Co., Maryland, 7/9/2016).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

American Sycamore in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/31/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Wayne Longbottom View Record

American Witch-hazel in Howard Co., Maryland (4/21/2010).

American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus) Media by Bill Harms View Record

American Sycamore in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/29/2020). (c) Jane Hill, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). American Sycamore often grows as a stately tree in rich bottomlands, but can also withstand, in stunted form, battering floods on rocky flood plains, as along this channel of the Potomac River Gorge.

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Jane Hill View Record

Sweet Gum in winter-bare condition; corky growth on twig; and an end bud, in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/24/2011).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Bill Harms View Record

American Sycamore fruit and buds in Prince George's Co., Maryland (3/23/2019).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Matthew Beziat View Record

American Sycamore growing in Kent Co., Maryland (4/1/2016).

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Nancy Martin View Record

Sweet Gum balls after seeds have been released, in Kent Co., Maryland (3/26/2016).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Nancy Martin View Record

American Witch-hazel in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/5/2015).

American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

Sweet Gum fruit in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/23/2013).

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

American Sycamore in Washington Co., Maryland (3/11/2013). The bark at the base of older American Sycamores is typically not pealing.

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

American Sycamore in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/18/2012). County Champion Sycamore, sixth largest in Maryland.

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus) Media by Bill Harms View Record

American Witch-hazel in fruit in Howard Co., Maryland (7/2/2013).

American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus) Media by Richard Orr View Record

American Witch-hazel in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/11/2014).

American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus) Media by Jim Stasz View Record

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Order	Class	Kingdom
American Witch-hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	Hamamelidaceae	Hamamelidales	Magnoliopsida	Plantae
Sweet Gum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Altingiaceae	Hamamelidales	Magnoliopsida	Plantae
American Sycamore	Platanus occidentalis	Platanaceae	Hamamelidales	Magnoliopsida	Plantae

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Order Hamamelidales

Summary

Records

Direct Child Taxa (3)

Taxonomic Leaves (3)

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Descendant Taxa Checklist