Form: Pyramidal to oblong round. Size: 50 to 65 feet tall and a spread of two-thirds of its height. Zone: 5 to 9. Leaves: Deciduous. Glossy, deep green changing to deep red and purple in the fall. Bark: Grayish-brown and deeply furrowed. Fruit: Almost seedless. Syncarp is 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Growth Rate: Medium to fast. Description: Virtually seedless (gumballs). 'Cherokee' is representative of all the outstanding qualities of Sweetgum species; highly adaptable to most all conditions, brilliant and very consistent fall coloration and a pyramidal to rounded silhouette.