Leaves – deciduous, simple, 3-5 shallow lobes, sinuses and margins are serrated, petioles are enlarged at base to enclose bud, stipules are leaflike. Twigs – leaf scar surrounds bud, stipule scar ...

Once upon a time, there were two species of trees: the Sycamore and the Plane. Platanus occidentalis was the American Sycamore, and Platanus orientalis, was the Oriental Plane. They were separated by ...

Happy Mystery Monday! 🔎 Can you guess who is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the American ...

Trees that provide shade are desirable in East Texas where we have hot, humid summers. We have a sycamore tree, Platanus occidentalis, shading our back deck. Its abundant foliage cools the whole area ...

When healthy, there are few trees more dramatically beautiful than our American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). It is large-growing, majestic in structure, has dramatic foliage, and in the winter ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. A scan of stream and river banks in this part of the ...

Most people tend to overlook tree bark as rather uninteresting, at best. It's too bad, because bark is a fascinating and often attractive plant "invention," and is actually rather complex in its ...

The City of Mansfield Shade Tree Commission will be planting a platanus occidentalis tree (sycamore tree/London plane) at Central Park downtown April 25 at 11:30 a.m. The tree was generously donated ...