Sycamore
(Platanus occidentalis)

Tree Description

Typically a massive tree with heavy, spreading branches.   

Leaf Description

• Leaf Arrangement is alternate
• Leaf Margin is serrated
• Leaf Venation is palmate
• Leaf Division is simple
• Leaf Attachment is Petiolate
• Leaf Shape is ovate with 3 to 5 lobes

Bark Description
       
The bark is thin with green, brown, and white camouflage.  Older branches are brown/gray and scaly.

Twig and Bud Description

                
Twigs are zigzag and stout.  They are orange/brown in color.

Fruit Description 

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998