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Acer pseudoplatanus, known as the sycamore in the British Isles and as the sycamore maple in the United States, [3] is a species of maple native to Central Europe and Western Asia. It is a large deciduous , broad-leaved tree , tolerant of wind and coastal exposure.
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, western plane, [2] occidental plane, buttonwood, and water beech, [3] is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, [4] [5] and extreme southern Quebec. [6]
The name sycamore spelled with an A, has also been used for unrelated trees: the great maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, or plane trees, Platanus. The spelling "sycomore", with an O rather than an A as the second vowel is, if used, specific to Ficus sycomorus. [4] [5]
Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore: Acer pseudoplatanus , a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia Ficus sycomorus , the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
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Author of The Secret Life of Trees on Sycamore Gap felling. 11:13, Tara Cobham. Maybe good can come from the apparently senseless or downright malicious felling of the beautiful sycamore tree that ...
They are often known in English as planes or plane trees. A formerly used name that is now rare is plantain tree (not to be confused with other, unrelated, species with the name). [2] Some North American species are called sycamores (especially Platanus occidentalis), [3] although the term is also used for several unrelated species of trees.
The tree is one of the UK’s most photographed and has come down overnight after being “deliberately felled”, the Northumberland National Park Authority has said. The famous tree at Sycamore ...