sweetgum trees die from the top down..
The tree that produces spiky balls is the sweetgum tree.
The sweetgum tree is a dicot. Dicots are flowering plants with seeds that have two cotyledons, or seed leaves, while monocots have seeds with only one cotyledon. Sweetgum trees belong to the dicot family.
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The tree that drops spiky balls is called a sweetgum tree.
The tree that produces round spiky balls is the sweetgum tree.
An American sweetgum is a deciduous tree native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America, Latin name Liquidambar styracflua.
The tree adorned with round spiky balls is called a sweetgum tree.
The sweetgum tree produces small spiky balls.
A tree with round spiky balls might be a Sweetgum tree. See the Related Link below for a picture of the Sweetgum tree.
Sounds like a Horse Chestnut.
Sweetgum seeds are eaten by many songbirds, chipmunks, and squirrels. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds visit Sweetgum flowers for nectar. Sweetgum saplings are eaten by deer, rabbits, mice, and beavers.
The tree you are referring to is likely a sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). It is deciduous with palmate leaves that turn vibrant colors in autumn. The spiky balls containing seeds are known as sweetgum balls, but they are not edible.