Slender, shiny, usually reddish in color; terminal buds 1 / 8 - 1 / 4 inch long, blunt, red; odorless if bark bruised or scraped. Children have chewed the resinous sap like chewing gum. During the following summer the adult moth emerges from the ground, climbing nearby vegetation to expand its wings. The star-like leaf has five or seven lobes or points and turns from green in summer to yellow or purple in autumn. The bark on maple trees starts smooth and gray before developing fissures and furrows. If you are looking for a large, long-lived yard tree, both maple and sweetgum are good choices. Zacchaeus then ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree along Jesuss path. They are deep, glossy green in summer and turn yellow to purple-red in the fall. Provides brilliant fall color, with leaves turning vibrant shades of yellow, orange, red and purple. The ceremonial planting of the first three trees occurred near the Flight 93 National Memorials visitor shelter and memorial walk in 2011. The leaf stalk and twigs also have a reddish color. 6. When you take any plant identification class you will learn about the concept of leaf arrangement, the way leaves are situated on the plant. Sweetgum wood is used to make veneer, plywood, cabinets and furniture. Like the sweetgum and the yellow-poplar, the sycamore has leaves that are alternate in arrangement. //-->,