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American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis · Platanaceae · 양버즘나무

How to spot it

Marked by mottled bark that exposes white and cream inner bark, large leaves with 3 to 5 lobes, and a round fruit cluster usually borne singly on a stalk.

Look

Leaves
Large alternate simple leaves with 3 to 5 lobes; the base of the leaf stalk wraps around the bud.
Flowers
Male and female flowers each form small round clusters at the ends of long stalks.
Fruit
A round cluster of tightly packed small achenes, usually one per long stalk. When mature, the hairy achenes scatter.
Bark
The upper bark peels off, exposing white to cream inner bark.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted
Native to
Native to southeastern Canada and the central and eastern United States.
Ecology
In North America several songbirds eat the seeds, and wood-boring insects and leafhoppers live on the tree.

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