What kind of tree is this?

Clues

  • Deciduous trees, although they are evergreen to semi-evergreen in very southern locales
  • Medium to large tree, reaching 60-75 feet
  • Straight trunk that is 2-3 feet in diameter on average
  • Symmetrically shaped with broadly conical crown
  • Branchlets are pithy, many-angled and winged
  • Aromatic, star-shaped leaves, usually with 5 points but sometimes 3-7
  • Simple and serrated leaves with palmate veins that are 3-5 inches wide, and dark green and shiny with 3 distinct bundle scars
  • Leaves turn yellow-green, red and purple in the fall
  • Inconspicuous yellow-green flowers in spherical clusters in mid-late spring
  • Hard-spiked, long-stemmed fruits, 1 – 1/2 inches, known as “gumballs”
  • Numerous fallen, open fruits
  • Seeds are 1/4 inch thick and are thick and winged

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