Editing Nyssa sylvatica (section)

{{Short description|Species of tree}}
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{{speciesbox
|name = Tupelo
|image = Nyssa_sylvatica_v_sylvatica.jpg
|image_caption = Foliage and almost mature fruit
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Stritch, L. |date=2018 |title=''Nyssa sylvatica'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T61990588A61990590 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T61990588A61990590.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
|genus = Nyssa
|species = sylvatica
|authority = Marshall
|range_map = Nyssa sylvatica range map.jpg
|range_map_caption = Natural range
}}

'''''Nyssa sylvatica''''', commonly known as '''tupelo''', '''black tupelo''', '''black gum''' or '''sour gum''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ign.ku.dk/arboretum-hoersholm/plant_descriptions/october_nyssa_sylvatica/ |title=Tupelo, Black gum, sour gum - Nyssa sylvatica |date=29 September 2010 |publisher=[[University of Copenhagen]] |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>{{efn|It is also referred to as blackgum or sourgum.<ref name=klingaman2000>{{cite web |title=Plant of the Week: Tupelo (Blackgum, Sourgum)|last=Klingaman|first=Gerald|date=8 September 2000|url=https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/blackgum.aspx|website=U of A Division of Agriculture Research & Extension, Cooperative Extension Service|publisher=University of Arkansas|access-date=16 October 2024|language=en}}</ref>}} is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] native to eastern North America from the coastal [[Northeastern United States]] and southern [[Ontario]] south to central [[Florida]] and eastern [[Texas]], as well as [[Mexico]].