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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.
Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. [ 2 ]
Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος ( sykómoros ) meaning ' fig-mulberry ' .
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, western plane, [3] occidental plane, buttonwood, and water beech, [4] is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, [5] [6] and extreme southern Quebec. [7]
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 almost 300-year-old sycamore was chopped down overnight on Wednesday in “a deliberate act of vandalism”, sparking a police investigation.. Young sapling planted at Sycamore Gap site ...
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 ...
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.