Sycamore is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.
Sycamore
(Platanus occidentalis L.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 3-5 lobed, 4"-7" across, generally wider than long, light green above, paler and wooly beneath, petiole hollow at the base, enclosing next year's bud.
Her sycamore finally died in 1941 after a 150-year-life span, but since then other trees have been granted ownership of themselves across the country.
Sycamore
Prepared by Debbie Shaughnessy, HGIC Horticulture Specialist, and Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. (New 06/99. Images added 11/06.)
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This cultivar of the often abhorred sycamore does make a large tree in time but it is slow growing. The young leaves are very striking having a purple tinge on their underside.
Purple Sycamore Maple, Purple Plane Tree Maple
Maple trees include a broad spectrum of types, sizes, shapes and foliage. They are evergreen or deciduous, shrubby or lofty, with deeply lobed or finely cut leaves.
Mexican Sycamore is native to N.E. Mexico. Mexican Sycamore can be a large tree reaching 60 feet tall. The lobbed leaves are also large at up to 8 inches wide. Leaves are smooth green on the top and are cottony white to silvery below.
More than 100 hybrid Planetrees, or Sycamores, placidly overhang Memorial Way. The original 57 were planted in 1920 as memorials for UW faculty and students killed in the first World War.
This tree and the buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis) of the Southern and Western states are both called sycamores because of the general resemblance to the European sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) but the relationship is remote as evidenced by the ...
Purpleleaf Planetree Maple, Purpleleaf Sycamore Maple Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Atropurpureum'
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American Sycamore
(Platanus occidentalis)
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SYCAMORE MAPLE
Acer pseudoplatanus
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Susceptible to leaf spot. Tolerates smog. Variety 'atropurpureum' leaves are rich purple underneath. SelecTree lists 1 cultivar of pseudoplatanus: 'atropurpureum' ...
sycamore maple Aceraceae Acer pseudoplatanus L. symbol: ACPS
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36. Sycamore / Platanus occidentalis leaf
10-20 cm long, and broad.
3-5 lobes.
petiole stout, often flared.
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
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&sp;sycamore, or buttonwood, any species of the genus Platanus, deciduous trees of most temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa.
The Sycamore Fig (Ficus Sycamorus) is a tree of large size, with heart-shaped, somewhat mulberry-like leaves. It is a favourite tree in Egypt and Syria, being often planted along roads, deep shade being cast by its spreading branches.
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is most susceptible to the disease, whereas oriental plane (P. orientalis) is quite resistant. London plane (P. Ã- hispanica) exists as a number of different clones, which vary in their susceptibility.
This American sycamore makes its home on the banks of the Ohio River where they can grow to more than 100 ft (30.5 m) in height.
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Alternate name: Sycamore Maple
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Black Pine Pinus thunbergiana 'Oculus-draconis' Dragon's Eye Black Pine Pinus virginiana Scrub Pine Pinus wallichiana Himalayan Pine Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' Banded Himalayan Pine (syn. 'Oculus-draconis') Platanus occidentalis American Sycamore ...
There are no tall trees like dogwood, oak, sycamore or maple, or flowering shrubs like rhododendrons or azaleas. But see many other types common to sub tropical climates.
Don't therefore, believe old-fashioned gardeners who say 'Don't put sycamore leaves on the compost heap - or rhubarb leaves, laurel leaves, ivy leaves' - or whatever the 'old wives' tale' has suggested.
The variety was introduced by the of Sycamore, Illinois. In 2000, it received the given by the flower industry to new cultivars that score highly in greenhouse trials.
3) Although I have pointed out that one major problem with common names is that they vary so much, there are some common names that are fairly standard and widely understood: Oak, Pine, Sycamore, Ash, Dogwood, Mullein, Thistle, Poison Ivy, etc.
Acer pseudoplatanus : Sycamore Maple - Foliage
Acer pseudoplatanus 'Atropurpureum' : Atropurpureum Sycamore Maple - Whole Plant
Acer pseudoplatanus 'Redroyal' : Redroyal Sycamore Maple - Whole Plant ...
The best effects so far are from the northern forest kinds, like the Norway Maple, the Virginian Maple, and even the brown forms of the Sycamore Maple, which come freely from seed, ...
Astronaut Stuart Roosa carried 500 loblolly pine, redwood, sweet gum, sycamore and Douglas fir tree seeds in a canister in his personal kit. After they got back, Stan Krugman of the U.S.
The bark peels in small, irregular patches in the fashion of sycamores (Plantus occidentalis) to expose a dusty gray under-bark.
Striking shrimp-pink leaves maturing to yellow-green and clusters of yellow-green spring flowers. This highly ornamental spreading sycamore makes an excellent specimen tree.
Bark naturally sheds from trees, though some trees shed faster than others. Sycamore, birch, and beech trees have thin bark, though this doesn't necessarily make them more susceptible to injury.
Platanus occidentalis--Sycamore, American Plane Tree
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American Planetree, Sycamore, Buttonwood, Buttonball-tree
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But since Bigleaf maple does not reproduce as readily in shade as do certain other trees, including imported European maples (Norway maple Acer platanoides; and Sycamore maple Acer Pseudoplatanus), it is declining in Seattle.
berberis, box, camellia, cedar, flowering cherry, cotoneaster, crab apple, cypress, elm, ginkgo, hawthorn, hornbeam, holly, juniper, larch, English field maple, Japanese maple, oak, pine, privet, pyracantha, quince, rhododendron, spruce, sycamore, ...
Trees are used as nesting sites by birds and crocodiles have been known to take refuge underneath their roots! This is the sycamore of the Bible, and was used as a shade and avenue tree in ancient Egypt.
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Sycamore maple; mock plane Acer pseudoplatanus
Sydney golden wattle Acacia longifolia
synedrella Synedrella nodiflora
Syrian bean-caper Zygophyllum fabago
tall buttercup Ranunculus acris
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Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
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Tamarillo, tree tomato (Cyphomandra betacea)
Tangerine, mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata, Citrus nobilis)
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