I have a sweet gum in my front yard....unfortunately I am unwilling to cut it down to solve this issue lol
black Gum is aka sour gum Sweetgum is different. Sweetgum has leaves shaped like a hand sour has single oval shaped leaves.
Sour http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...ToW-HaHy0gGkvaT2CQ&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAA&dur=345gum pic