Southeast Missourian

Southeast's 'gum tree' is no more, split by high winds

Southeast Missouri State University�s iconic �gum tree� has met an early demise. The university announced Friday on its social media accounts the tree had been split in two. In an email to the ...
Southeast Missourian

SEMO's Gum Tree continues to live on

The tradition of sticking gum to a tree at the top of "Cardiac Hill" on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University dates back to the 1960s and continues to this day. However, the Gum Tree ...
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Did you know this Missouri Botanical Garden tree has traveled to space?

The Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered that one of its sweet gum trees—hidden in plain sight until now—was a seed aboard the maiden voyage of space shuttle Discovery almost 35 years ago. Ahead ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

SEMO’s beloved ‘Gum Tree’ landmark split in half

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A beloved landmark on ...
Daily Journal

Black tupelo gum tree the most common of the gum trees

There are towns in Mississippi with romantic names that bring to mind the picturesque scenery of the Scottish Highlands or the historic ambiance of an ancient seat of academia. There are towns named ...
The State Journal-Register

Sweet gum trees were planted in Springfield a decade earlier than generally thought

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...