Łódź, Park Źródliska

It is native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, and possibly extreme southern Quebec. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - sweet sap is tapped in the spring and used in the preparation of syrup and sugar. Herbal plant - the inner bark is astringent, diuretic, emetic and laxative, it has been used as a tea in the treatment of dysentery, coughs, colds, lung ailments, haemorrhages, measles, milky and difficult urination etc and also as a blood tonic; externally, it has been used as a wash on wounds, an infusion of the bark and roots has been used as a foot soak for treating rheumatism; the bark ooze has been used as a wash on infected sores and an infusion has been given in the treatment of infant rash; an infusion of the bark, mixed with honey locust bark (Gleditsia triacanthos), has been used as a gargle to treat hoarseness and sore throat. Useful plant - a fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting; the wood is coarse-grained, tough, strong, very durable, difficult to split.