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 ...

Respiration of stems and branches of trees (RS) has typically been estimated by measuring radial CO2 efflux from woody tissue (EA) and rates of efflux are often scaled temporally using a temperature ...

Some aspects concerning the typification of Platanus occidentalis L. (Platanaceae) are discussed. This name had been typified previously by Reveal in 2009 from a specimen kept at LINN. However, it is ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a massive tree that can ...

Among winter’s dark, craggy silhouettes, one tree stands pure white against a blue sky with branches like bleached bones. Visible from a distance, the sycamore commands the dreary landscape by ...

Did you know the biggest trees in many states are American sycamores (Platanus occidentalis)? The biggest sycamore measured an astonishing 174 feet tall and 13 feet in diameter. Though sycamores are ...

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 ...

Question: I believe I have a 6-year-old American sycamore planted in front of my condo. There are no seed pods (balls) ever on this tree. I thought all sycamores have those. Is my tree too young to ...

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 ...