Editing Tupelo (tree) (section)

==Uses==
[[File:NyssaSylvaticaTrunk.jpg|thumb|right|Trunk of a mature ''Nyssa sylvatica'' tree]]
Tupelo wood is used extensively by artistic [[woodcarver]]s, especially for carving ducks and other wildfowl.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Nyssa aquatica, Water Tupelo|url = https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr324|website = edis.ifas.ufl.edu|date = 2013-07-29|access-date = 2016-02-21|first = Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Mary McKenzie, and Heather V.|last = Quintana}}</ref> It power carves excellently and holds good detail in the end grain. In commerce, it is used for shipping containers and interior parts of furniture, and is used extensively in the [[wood veneer|veneer]] and panel industry for crossbanding, [[plywood]] cores, and backs.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr-298-w.pdf|title = Black Gum and Tupelo|access-date = 21 February 2016|publisher = Purdue University|series = Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Series|department = Purdue Extension}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States|url = https://archive.org/details/fromamericansyst0000houn|url-access = registration|publisher = JHU Press|date = 1985-09-01|isbn = 978-0-8018-3158-4|language = en|first = David|last = Hounshell}}</ref> The wood can be readily [[wood pulp|pulped]] and is used for high-grade book and magazine papers.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Paper Trade Journal|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dBNQAQAAIAAJ|publisher = Lockwood Trade Journal Company|date = 1911|language = en}}</ref>  In the past, the hollow trunks were used as "[[bee gum]]s" to hold [[beehive (beekeeping)|beehives]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Crane, Ethel Eva|title=The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVh3AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|page=305|isbn=978-1-136-74669-7}}</ref>

Tupelos are popular [[ornamental tree]]s for their mature form, shade, and spectacular [[autumn leaf color]]s.

Tupelos are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species, including ''[[Endoclita damor]]''.{{Citation needed|date = February 2016}}

The Ogeechee Tupelo, sometimes referred to as the Ocheechee Lime, which is native to Georgia and north Florida produces an edible fruit in the form of a sour, oblong drupe.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boning|first=Charles|title=Florida's Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines|year=2006|publisher=Pineapple Press, Inc.|location=Sarasota, Florida|pages=158–159}}</ref>

===Honey===
Tupelos of the species ''[[Nyssa ogeche]]'' are valued as [[honey]] plants in the southeastern United States, particularly in the [[Gulf Coast]] region.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Tupelo|url = http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/varietals/tupelo|website = www.honey.com|access-date = February 21, 2016|publisher = National Honey Board|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303121616/http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/varietals/tupelo|archive-date = March 3, 2016}}</ref> They produce a very light, mild-tasting honey. In Florida, [[beekeeper]]s keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor.<ref name=":1"/> [[Monofloral honey]] made from the nectar of ''Nyssa ogeche'' has such a high ratio of [[fructose]] to [[glucose]] that it does not crystallize.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Liquid Gold|url = http://gardenandgun.com/article/liquid-gold|website = Garden & Gun|access-date = 2016-02-21}}</ref>

The [[Apalachicola River]] in the [[Florida panhandle]] is the center for tupelo honey. The honey is produced wherever tupelo trees (three species) bloom in the southeastern United States, but the purest and most expensive version (which is certified by [[Melissopalynology|pollen analysis]]) is produced in this valley. In a good harvest year, the tupelo honey crop produced by a group of specialized Florida beekeepers has a value approaching $1,000,000.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Largo|first1=Michael|title=The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins}}</ref>