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Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore, [3] is a sycamore tree native to Arizona and New Mexico with its range extending south into the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa. [ 4 ] The tree is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 82 ft (25 m).
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]
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 ' .
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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 .
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 ...
Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus: 1959 [18] Idaho: Western white pine: Pinus monticola: 1935 [19] Illinois: White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana: Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1931 [21] Iowa: Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 1961 [22] Kansas: Eastern cottonwood: Populus deltoides: 1937 [23] Kentucky: Tulip-tree ...
The demise a year ago of the eponymous tree at Sycamore Gap near the remains of Hadrian’s Wall robbed the people of Northumberland of a natural landmark with a world profile.