Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Webster Sycamore (alternatively known as the Webster Springs Sycamore and the Big Sycamore Tree) was an American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Long recognized for its size, the Webster Sycamore was the largest living American sycamore tree in West Virginia until its felling in 2010.
Though the nickname "buttonball" has been used for all like trees, this tree retained the name, mainly because of its pure size and popularity. As of November 2019, the tree was over 113 ft (34 m) high, with a girth of 25 ft 8 in (8 m) (at 4.5 ft or 1.4 m high) and a spread of 140 ft (43 m). It is a remnant of Sunderland's forests.
Pinchot Sycamore (May 2015) The Pinchot Sycamore is a large American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in Simsbury, Connecticut.It is the largest tree in Connecticut. When measured by the Connecticut Botanical Society in 2016, the Pinchot Sycamore's trunk was over 28 feet (8.5 m) around and 100 feet (30 m) tall, with an average canopy diameter of 121 feet (37 m).
Although the fire was extinguished, the tree was "severely damaged and its survival is uncertain." Iowa DNR seeks public assistance after fire damages state’s largest sycamore tree Skip to main ...
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]
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... "State Trees and State Flowers". United States National Arboretum. July 14, 2010.
Two men in their 30s have been arrested and bailed by officers investigating the felling of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree, Northumbria Police has said.. The tree in Northumberland, believed ...
A nature-loving artist has painted the Sycamore Gap tree in different settings on used tea bags to mark a year since it was felled. The much photographed and visited sycamore was cut down ...