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	Black Tupelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Black Tupelo is native to the entire Eastern United States, and is found in all of Ohio except for the driest counties in the northwestern part of the state.
		Black Tupelo is variable in its mature height when found in the open, but may reach a height of 60 feet by a width of 25 feet; some specimens are notably shorter and broader, with an irregularly shaped canopy, while others top out at 80 feet or more in height.
		Black Tupelo is a member of the Tupelo Family, with other members of the genus Nyssa as its close relatives, and the Dogwoods as distant relatives.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/Education/ohiotrees/tupelo.htm (575 words)

	Black Tupelo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), is a medium-sized deciduous tree which grows around 20-25 m (65-80 ft) tall (rarely to 35 m) and a trunk diameter of 50-100 cm (20-40 in) (rarely up to 170 cm).
		The species is often known as simply Tupelo, but the full name Black Tupelo helps distinguish it from the other species of tupelo, some of which (Water Tupelo N.
		The leaf of Black Tupelo is variable in size and shape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_gum (357 words)

	Black Tupelo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The species is often known as simply Tupelo, but the full name Black Tupelo helps distinguish it from the other species of (Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America) tupelo, some of which ((additional info and facts about Water Tupelo) Water Tupelo N.
		The (The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants) leaf of Black Tupelo is variable in size and shape.
		The Black Tupelo grows best in (Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog) swamps or lowlands that have poor drainage, though usually on drier sites than other tupelos.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/black_tupelo.htm (425 words)

	Black Tupelo by D Schroeder
		Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), also known as flgum, sourgum or pepperidge, is one of the least known trees in Connecticut 's forests probably because there are not a lot of them and they often grow in seldom visited wet areas.
		Identification of fl tupelo is rather difficult except for one characteristic, which is most obvious in the winter.
		Uses of fl tupelo have been many and varied, but because of the twisted and interlocking nature of the fibers it has seldom been used for lumber.
	www.ecfla.org /articles/blacktupelo.htm (445 words)

	WildWNC.org : Trees : Black Tupelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They are usually identifiable by their differences in habitats: fl tupelo on light-textured soils of uplands and stream bottoms, swamp tupelo on heavy organic or clay soils of wet bottom lands.
		Black tupelo grows in the uplands and in alluvial stream bottoms from southwestern Maine to New York, to extreme southern Ontario, central Michigan, Illinois, and central Missouri, and south to eastern Oklahoma, eastern Texas, and southern Florida.
		Black tupelo is found on a wide variety of sites from the creek bottoms of the southern coastal plains to altitudes of 910 m (3,000 ft) in North Carolina.
	wildwnc.org /trees/Nyssa_sylvatica.html (1145 words)

	Species: Nyssa sylvatica
		Basal tree injections of fl tupelo with the herbicide DOWCO 23 was reported to be the most effective, resulting in ninety-nine percent crown kill [34].
		Swamp tupelo is found in and on the banks of swamps, ponds, and estuaries of the Coastal Plain, and in low coves and seepages which remain wet year-round [1,19,44].
		Although aboveground portions of young fl tupelo are top-killed by fire, the species typically survives by sprouting from the root crown or caudex [32,53].
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/tree/nyssyl/all.html (2622 words)

	BLACK TUPELO
		Black tupelo is often found in stands that use prescribed burning as a silvicultural technique.
		Insects that commonly attack the fl tupelo are the forest tent caterpillar and the tupelo leafminer (2).
		Black tupelo is an important wildlife species because of its fruit, sprouts, and den cavities.
	www.forestry.auburn.edu /sfnmc/class/bt.html (1165 words)

	Black tupelo - TheBestLinks.com - North America, Nyssa, Water tupelo, Bear tupelo, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), also known as Black gum, Pepperidge, and Sour gum, is a medium-sized tree of eastern North America, from New England and Ontario south to central Florida and Eastern Texas.
		It is also often known as simply Tupelo, but the full name Black tupelo helps distinguish it from the closely related species Water tupelo (N.
		All of the tupelos are natives of the southeast of North America.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Black_tupelo.html (246 words)

	Hiker's Notebook: Tupelo
		Potpourri: Black tupelo is one of the first trees to change color in autumn.
		This occurs because the leaves stop producing green chlorophyll when a layer of cells at the base of each leaf called the abscission is triggered by the cold to form a cork-like membrane that interrupts the flow of nutrients.
		The tough, interlocking grain of Tupelo wood made it ideal for gun stocks, tool handles, plows and rough flooring, though it is now more widely used as veneer, scaffolding, woodenware, railroad cross-ties and to make pulp for the paper industry.
	www.mwrop.org /W_Needham/Tupelo_041016.htm (236 words)

	Vance Publishing's W&WP magazine - Wood of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tupelo is also the name for the world-famous honey that is produced from the tupelo gum tree, primarily Nyssa ogeechee, which grow along the Apalachicola, Choctahatchee and Ochloockonee rivers and their tributaries in Florida.
		Tupelos of the Nyssa sylvatica (“of the forest”) species are also known as fl gum, sour gum, fl tupelo, bowl gum, pepperidge, stinkwood, wild peartree, ogeechee tupelo, gopher plum, ogeechee plum and yellow gum.
		Nyssa sylvatica or fl tupelo, is found from western Maine to northern Florida, and in Michigan, Missouri, northeastern Texas and Oklahoma, but it is most abundant in North Atlantic states and in the Ohio Valley.
	www.iswonline.com /wwp/wom/tupelo.cfm (880 words)

	The Hardwood Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tupelo is cut principally as lumber for boxes, pallets, crates, baskets, and furniture.
		Black tupelo grows in the Eastern U.S. from Maine to Texas and Missouri.
		Tupelo wood is rated as moderately heavy (35lbs./cu.ft.), moderately hard and stiff, and moderately high in shock resistance.
	cgi.photobooks.com /scripts/troll.cgi?dbase=hardwood&page=2&pict_id=0000200 (143 words)

	Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet - Black Tupelo
		Black Tupelo reaches a height of 30 to 50 feet with a spread of 20 to 30 feet.
		Black Tupelo is polygamo-dioecious (having male and female flowers on separate plants, but these plants having perfect flowers as well).
		Black Tupelo is excellent as a specimen tree and in naturalized areas.
	www.umaine.edu /umext/mainetreeclub/FactSheets/BlackTupelo.htm (680 words)

	Tupelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Tupelos, genus Nyssa, are a small genus of about 8-11 species of trees with alternate, simple leaves.
		Tupelos are valued honey plants in southeastern and gulf coast USA, producing a very light, mild tasting honey.
		In northern Florida beekeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor and the fact that it will not crystallize.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/tu/tupelo.html (225 words)

	Black Tupelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nyssa sylvatica - Black Tupelo or Black Gum
		Black Tupelo, (along with Sourwood,Sweetgum and Sasafrass) are the most consistent native trees we have in regard to fall color.
		On campus we have Black Tupelo in both extremes; one which is about 25 feet in height stands at the edge of a wooded area, the other is located in an area we call "Beaver Bottom", it is about 60 feet in height.
	www.uah.edu /admin/Fac/grounds/BLTUPELO.HTM (269 words)

	Tupelo, Mississippi: SouthBear's Adopted Hometown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tupelo is the largest city and the county seat.
		Tupelo is the birthplace and first home of Elvis Presley, the king of Rock and Roll.
		Tupelo is still small enough to encourage him, but large enough (and educated enough) to keep him at bay.
	www.southbear.com /leeco.html (1113 words)

	WildWNC.org : Trees : Black Tupelo
		Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) is divided into two commonly recognized varieties, typical fl tupelo (var.
		Black tupelo is not predominant in any major forest type; however, it is a component of 35 forest cover types (3).
		Black tupelo produces a pronounced ribbon figure and is often quarter sliced (6).
	www.wildwnc.com /trees/Nyssa_sylvatica.html (1145 words)

	That Early Harbinger of Fall- TheTupelo
		Nyssa sylvatica is often called fl or sour gum, or fl tupelo.
		Black Tupelo are moderately shade tolerant and are often found in the understory of existing woodlands.
		The Black Gum is wide spread through out the eastern United States while the water and swamp tupelos tend towards the southern coastal plains and the Mississippi River basin.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mid_atlantic_plantsman/52538 (477 words)

	Black Tupelo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Black Tupelo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), is a medium-sized deciduous tree which grows around 20-25 m tall (rarely to 35 m) and a trunk diameter of 50-100 cm (rarely up to 170 cm).
		It can be oval, elliptical or obovate, and 5-12 cm long.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Black_tupelo (371 words)

	Mallorn Plant of the Month: Nyssa sylvatica
		The fl tupelo forms a fairly formal pyramidal to rounded pyramidal crown with a dominant central leader and lower branches that frequently droop to the ground.
		The common name of tupelo is said to derive from the Creek language meaning tree of the swamp.
		No matter how often I behold the bright yellows, oranges, reds and purples of the fl tupelo, I never cease to be inspired by its beauty, year after year, specimen after specimen.
	www.hort.net /profile/nys/nyssy (1544 words)

	Nyssa_info.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bark on young trees is gray and flaky, becoming almost fl with thick blocks similar to alligator hide.
		Distribution: This tupelo is an overstory or understory tree native to eastern North America from Ontario to Florida and Texas, but not naturally occurring in Iowa.
		The fl tupelo gum is often attacked by wood-decaying fungi and wood-boring insects, resulting in trees that are hollow, but continue to survive for many years.
	project.bio.iastate.edu /trees/campustrees/NyssaSyl/Nyssa_info.html (482 words)

	Glossary: tupelo honey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tupelo honey is produced from the Tupelo gum tree which grows profusely along the Chipola and Apalachicola rivers of northwest Florida.
		Black Tupelo, Ti-Ti, Black-gum, Willow, and several other honey plants bloom in advance of white Tupelo are used to build up bee colony strength and stores.
		The important point which we wish to make here is that all honey is being labeled Tupelo is not top quality tupelo as the bees make it and as skilled beekeepers produce it.
	www.harbour.sfu.ca /~hayward/van/glossary/tupelohoney.html (482 words)

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		The tupelo family includes 3 genera and 10 species of plants that are widely distributed in the southeastern United States, the Malayan Archipelago, Mongolia, and the Himalayas.
		The water tupelo is a large tree, often more than 100 feet in height, 3-4 feet in diameter.
		The swamp tupelo is common to wet habitats such as swamps.
	www.sfrc.ufl.edu /Extension/ffws/tfnys.htm (811 words)

	Tupelo Product Page - L.L. Lanier and Son's Tupelo Honey - Ulee's Gold - Wewahitchka, Florida
		Good white tupelo, unmixed with other honeys, will not granulate, and due to this high levulose low dextrose ratio some diabetic patients have been permitted by their physicians to eat Tupelo honey.
		Black tupelo, ti-ti, fl gum, willow, and several other honey plants bloom in advance of white tupelo and are used to build up colony strength and stores.
		The important point which we wish to make here is that all honey that is being labeled Tupelo is not top quality Tupelo honey as the bees make it and as skilled beekeepers produce it.
	www.lltupelohoney.com /ourproduct.htm (378 words)

	Species Description - Wellesley
		* Bark rough, thick, dark grayish fl, with deep, narrow furrows and irregular horizontal hatch marks.
		* Wellesley's Class of 1896 planted a tupelo as their class tree, on the stretch of land known forever after as Tupelo Point.
		Tupelo Point is steeped in tradition; it must be passed three times by lovers as they walk around the lake, and then the man must propose.
	www.wellesley.edu /Biology/Web/Species/ptupeloblack.html (140 words)

	Nyssa spp. english
		Nyssa sylvatica-Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Bowl Gum, Gum, Pepperidge, Plain Black Gum, Quartered Black Gum, Sour Gum, Stinkwood, Swamp Blackgum, Swamp Tupelo, Tupelo Gum, Yellow Gum, Yellow Gumtree, Wild Pear-tree
		Tupelo trees reach heights of 100 feet, with a diameter of over 3 feet.
		The sapwood of Tupelo is a light gray brown, while the heartwood is darker.
	www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/nyssa.html (353 words)

	Black Hills Red Dogs vs Tupelo Fireants (Jun 10, 2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tupelo Fireants-Browne,Buster 10-34; Miller,Tommy 2-28; Edwards,Chris 12-26; Cockfield,Adrian 1-2.
		Tupelo Fireants-Miller,Tommy 15-25-0-131; Lester,Cecil 1-1-0-1; TEAM 0-0-0-minus 5.
		Tupelo Fireants-Holden,Laquonne 7-49; Cockfield,Adrian 4-34; Browne,Buster 2-30; Jones,Redrick 2-8; Lester,Cecil 1-11.
	www.fireantsfootball.com /TUP0610.HTM (3754 words)

	Texas Native Plants Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Black Gum, Sour Gum, Pepperidge, Tupelo, Black Tupelo, Tupelo Gum
		Black gum is one of our most beautiful trees in the fall, and also one of the most consistent.
		Clusters of shiny blue to fl fruit, eaten by many species of birds and wildlife, remain through winter.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /ornamentals/natives/nyssasylvaticavarsylvatica.htm (142 words)

	Stand-Damage Help Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A medium-sized tree, 40 to 60 ft. high and 1 to 2 ft. in diameter, with an irregularly shaped, often flat-topped, or conical crown; a long trunk, and a shallow root system.
		Black gum can be found in relatively dry upland sites, but moist alluvial soils with some drainage provide optimal conditions for fl gum.
		Black gum can be found from Maine to Missouri and south to Texas and Florida.
	www.fs.fed.us /ne/morgantown/4557/gypsymth/h693.html (305 words)

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