Nyssa Sylvatica

Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug

Trees, Native Plant, Tree

Perennial, Woody

72-100 ft.

The flowers bloom in the spring from April-June are not showy. Individual flowers are about an 1/8 of an inch., Male and female borne on separate trees, appearing after the leaves begin to unfold, the male in spherical clusters, the female 1-several on long stalks arising from the leaf axils.

Female trees only. In the late summer to mid-fall the tree produces a bluish black egg-shaped 1/2 inch wide fruit clustered on stalks up to 1 1/2 inches long. Fruits are available August-October. Thin, bitter smelling flesh surrounds the small, ribbed seeds., Drupes oval, dark blue, bitter, up to 1/2 inch long, 1-seeded; seed indistinctly ribbed.