When healthy, there are few trees more dramatically beautiful than our American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). It is large-growing, majestic in structure, has dramatic foliage, and in the winter ...

Leaves – deciduous, simple, 3-5 shallow lobes, sinuses and margins are serrated, petioles are enlarged at base to enclose bud, stipules are leaflike. Twigs – leaf scar surrounds bud, stipule scar ...

Among winter’s dark, craggy silhouettes, one tree stands pure white against a blue sky with branches like bleached bones. Visible from a distance, the sycamore commands the dreary landscape by ...