{"id":1397,"date":"2024-04-30T13:43:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1397"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:58:56","slug":"sycamore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Ornamentals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sycamore (<em>Platanus occidentalis<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A large, many branched, deciduous tree,&nbsp;<em>pyramidal<\/em>&nbsp;when young but becoming&nbsp;<em>globular<\/em>&nbsp;with age. Simple,&nbsp;<em>alternate<\/em>&nbsp;leaves are shallowly&nbsp;<em>lobed<\/em>, 4-8 inches wide and up to 12 inches long.&nbsp;<em>Margins<\/em>&nbsp;are coarsely toothed and&nbsp;<em>petioles<\/em>&nbsp;are long with enlarged bases. Flowers are inconspicuous. Fruits are&nbsp;<em>globular<\/em>, usually&nbsp;<em>solitary<\/em>, lacking spines, to 1 inch, and contain many tiny hairy winged seeds to \u00bd inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore_tree.jpg\" alt=\"American sycamore tree\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore_bark.jpg\" alt=\"Sycamore bark\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/10462.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven J. Baskauf http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore_leavesfruit.jpg\" alt=\"Sycamore foliage and fruit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/5191080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allen Bridgman, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore_leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Sycamore leaf\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Purdue<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/sycamore_seeds.jpg\" alt=\"Sycamore seeds\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/5568117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":987,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7683,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397\/revisions\/7683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}