Are these Nyssa sylvatica?

Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis

5 months ago

The foliage is such high quality late in the year and the red is glossy, almost fluid like

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katob Z6ish, NE Pa

5 months ago

I feel like someone else could give you a much better ID, but I don't think it's gum. I think it's actually an ornamental pear, coloring up early and excellently because of a recent planting and a rough summer.

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Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
Original Author
5 months ago
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
5 months ago
I am not familiar with Nyssa, but I too immediately thought Pear.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 months ago
omg.. is that the diapered babe that used to be in all your tree planting pix long ago.. lol

dear... dear child.. please stop poking the tree with a stick ... crikey dude .. lol

ken
arbordave (SE MI)
5 months ago
I'm thinking they look more like blackgum than pear, possibly 'Red Rage'(?)
Embothrium
5 months ago
Yes to Nyssa
BillMN-z-2-3-4
5 months ago
Don't pear trees have thorns?
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
5 months ago
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Not necessarily.
AJ Princeton NJ z6b
5 months ago
These could be Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum,
Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
Original Author
5 months ago
I was wondering about that also.

So, I emailed the parks department and quite rapidly they reported its Nyssa sylvatica, blackgum.

I also got ths back.

https://pg-cloud.com/St_Charles/

They did not know if it was a particular cultivar.