{"id":116,"date":"2013-08-27T14:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T21:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/trees\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"american-sweetgum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/american-sweetgum\/","title":{"rendered":"American Sweetgum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_0388-american-sweetgum-e1411081979730.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1908 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_0388-american-sweetgum-e1411081979730-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0388 american sweetgum\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_0388-american-sweetgum-e1411081979730-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_0388-american-sweetgum-e1411081979730-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_0388-american-sweetgum-e1411081979730.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/LIST1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-351 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/LIST1_lg-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"American Sweetgum\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/LIST1_lg-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/LIST1_lg.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This deciduous tree is distinguished by its prickly seed balls and beautiful fall colors. The Sweetgum got its name because the cut bark exudes a sweet, fragrant liquid used to make perfumes. It often is mistaken for a maple because the leaves are similar. The Sweetgum leaves are lustrous and bright green above and paler beneath. The wood of this tree is used to make furniture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This deciduous tree is distinguished by its prickly seed balls and beautiful fall colors. The Sweetgum got its name because the cut bark exudes a sweet, fragrant liquid used to make perfumes. It often is mistaken for a maple because&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/american-sweetgum\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;American Sweetgum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1708,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1909,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/1909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}