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Summary

American Sycamore (Plantanus occidentalis) (native)

About this tree: Seed eaten by purple finch Prefers moist bottomland soils; tolerates poorly drained soils

Grows 75 to 100 feet tall

Hardiness zone 4

Identification Tips:

Leaves: 4 to 8 inches long and wide; broadly ovate; 3 or 5 shallow, broad, short-pointed lobes
Fruit: 1 inch in diameter; usually 1 brown ball hanging on long stalk; composed of narrow nutlets with hair tufts
Bark: Smooth, whitish and brown

mottled; peeling off in large thin flakes

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current	02:06, 24 April 2007		343 × 256 (27 KB)	Ashcraft	American Sycamore (''Plantanus occidentalis'') (native) About this tree: Seed eaten by purple finch Prefers moist bottomland soils; tolerates poorly drained soils Grows 75 to 100 feet tall Hardiness zone 4 Identification Tips: *'''Leaves:''' 4 to 8 in

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