Summary ²

Nyssa aquatica, commonly called the water tupelo,cottongum,wild olive,large tupelo,sourgum,tupelo-gum, or water-gum, is a large, long-lived tree in the tupelo genus (Nyssa) that grows in swamps and floodplains in the Southeastern United States.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyssa_aquatica

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• iNat taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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