Sweet gum, American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, close up of the green buds growing outdoor.

Sweet gum, American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, close up of the green buds growing outdoor.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Single green spikey gum ball.

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Close view of a twig with backlit autumn leaves covered in spider strands with early morning dew.

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua arrangement of autumn leaves overlapping and backlit on white.

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua arrangement of autumn leaves in a line, overlapping and backlit on white.

Forest pansy, Cercis canadensis heart shaped autumn leaf backlit on white placed above a line of Sweet gum, Liquidamber leaves at the bottom.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.

Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.