Photo of American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) uploaded by jmorth

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Not river birch by growitall Aug 18, 2014 8:43 AM 2
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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
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Date: 2016-10-06
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-01-29
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: White Pine nature preserve, Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 10, 2023
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1; LHB p.493, "Greek for p
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-02-11

Date: 2016-10-06
Location: White Pine nature preserve, Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 10, 2023
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1; LHB p.493, "Greek for p
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-10-13
bark of young tree
Location: White Pine nature preserve, Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 10, 2023
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1; LHB p.493, "Greek for p
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Location: White Pine nature preserve, Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 10, 2023
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1; LHB p.493, "Greek for p
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-12-07
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-11-07

Date: 2016-11-01
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: July 4, 2022
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1;  LHB p.493, "Greek for
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: September 23, 2021
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1;  LHB p.493, "Greek for
Location: Chadds Ford at Brandywine Battlefield Park, PA
Date: 2018-08-10
trunk
Location: Chadds Ford at Brandywine Battlefield Park, PA
Date: 2018-08-10
major boughs
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2011-10-03
Lovely exfoliating bark on a twenty or less year old plant.
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2017-12-23
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-09-24
Actually I think this is more sapling then seedling
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-10-28
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-20
roots along the White river
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-10-13
bark of older tree
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: July 31, 2022
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1;  LHB p.493, "Greek for
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2011-10-03
From my viewpoint, still one of the best large landscape and shad
Location: In a street median in Oklahoma City
Date: 11-06-2016 
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in OkC 001

Date: 2021-09-26
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2017-02-23
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: October 4, 2021
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1;  LHB p.493, "Greek for

Date: c. 1865
illustration by H. J. Redouté from Michaux's 'The North American
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-08-04
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-08-04
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
Location: Chadds Ford at Brandywine Battlefield Park, PA
Date: 2018-08-10
huge, old specimen
Location: Delaware county, OH
Date: 2013-06-25
The plant on the left is a mystery.
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: July 31, 2022
American Sycamore #21; RAB p.531, 96-1-1;  LHB p.493, "Greek for
Location: March 2023 | Fairfax VA
Date: 2023-03-04
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2011-10-03
I've seen leaves of this species at a size of ten inches and more
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2017-11-19
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2017-11-19
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2012-08-10
Rainy weather brings up deeper color in the already colorful bark
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-09-24
a young leaf on a sapling/seedling rather then a mature leaf
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-16
Location: New York Botanical Garden
Date: June 2017
Location: IL
Date: 2016-04-23
Taken at local forest preserve.
Location: IL
Date: 2016-04-23
Taken at local forest preserve.
Location: Kentucky
giant twin sycamores
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2011-11-06
showing a little fall color
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-10-13
close-up bark older tree
Location: Fairfax VA | January 2023
Location: Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.
Date: June
credit: Bruce Marlin
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-07-24
Looking up
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2011-10-30
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-23
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2011-10-30
these are the seed \"balls\"
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2011-10-30
Love my sycamore, but it sure does drop alot of branches when the
Location: Niagra Falls, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Lilburn, GA
Date: 2019-04-09
Spring green up

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-09-23
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-08-04
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
Seed pod hanging from the tree
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
The limb of a 34 yr. old tree
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
The trunk of a 34 yr. old tree
Location: Perelman Park, Manheim Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-07-21
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-13
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-12-17

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: Salem, Oregon, zone 8
Date: 2013-12-24
Fog in the background
Location: Salem, Oregon, zone 8
Date: 2013-12-24
Adult standing by tree, for perspective on size of tree.
Location: Conestoga River at Perelman Park near Lancaster PA
Date: 2016-07-21

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