Can anyone tell me the type of tree?
Feb 20, 2019 09:49:28 #
Feb 20, 2019 09:54:59 #
Absolutely a sycamore with the "snake skin" pealed bark pattern and the spherical pods higher up. Another neat thing are the flowers on top. Hard to see them due to a thick canopy of leaves. However, check the ground after any violent wind storm in late spring. Many of those top side flowers will likely be on the ground nearby.
Feb 20, 2019 10:44:39 #
Feb 20, 2019 11:53:42 #
Feb 20, 2019 13:22:12 #
AMO
Loc: Pennsburg, PA
MattPhox wrote:
It bears some resemblance to a dogwood but I don't think I've encountered one that tall.
Not a dogwood - you can tell by the bark. I agree with sycamore.
Feb 20, 2019 13:22:22 #
This appears to be a Sycamore bobber stopper!
The bane of many a fisherman.......
The bane of many a fisherman.......
Feb 20, 2019 13:40:47 #
Feb 20, 2019 17:12:01 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
MattPhox wrote:
It bears some resemblance to a dogwood but I don't think I've encountered one that tall.
Not dogwood or sycamore. I would be more inclined to think it is a Gum tree.
Feb 20, 2019 17:12:49 #
reply:Do you have a picture of the bark or closeup of the leaves?
will47 wrote:
will47 wrote:
I guessed beech or sycamore.
Feb 20, 2019 17:16:11 #
Feb 20, 2019 18:50:21 #
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, occidental plane, and buttonwood, is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, extreme southern Ontario and the mountains of northeastern Mexico. Wikipedia
Feb 20, 2019 20:20:27 #
I agree. It's a sycamore. Round seed pods and pealing bark leaving a near-white under layer. Have one in the front yard. Bet it has huge leaves that drop late in the fall.
Feb 20, 2019 20:34:36 #
Feb 20, 2019 20:55:03 #
Yes- looks like a sycamore who’s bark peels off each year making trunk look spotty. NOT a great tree to carve forever lover’s initials into the trunk ..... because it will peel & heal over —initials lost :)
Feb 20, 2019 21:08:44 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
CHG_CANON wrote:
Don't Sycamore's have the round seed pods that seem to be at the top of this tree?
looks like a sycamore to me; download shows the pods at the top of the tree.
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