Black gum is a medium sized tree that grows in Eastern United States. It sometimes grows suckers from its roots. Its leaves are simple and untoothed. Black gum fruits are small, round, and smooth. The bark is tan and bumpy on young trees, changing to gray and furrowed on older trees. The bark is sometimes scaly.

Black gum is a medium sized tree that grows in Eastern United States. It sometimes grows suckers from its roots.

Black gum leaves are simple and untoothed.

The bark is tan and bumpy on young trees, changing to gray and furrowed on older trees. The bark is sometimes scaly.