Also known by the common name Black gum, this species of tupelo is a very useful plant trademarked (named) by J. Frank Schmidt in Boring, Oregon. Mike Hayman spotted this selection on Indiana Highway 37 on his way to Tell City, IN. He spotted it in a fencerow, noticing its beautiful red-orange fall foliage. He later took some scion wood from that tree and sent them to Hidden Hollow Nursery to propagate. Its cultivar name is ‘Haymanred’ after Mike to honor his discovery. ‘Red Rage’ is resistant to the leaf spot that commonly affects Nyssa species. It has larger, glossier leaves in the summer that distinguish it from other cultivars