NAMING
Scientific Name: Platanus occidentalis
Family: Platanaceae
Common: american sycamore, american plaine tree
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: Wet
Range: Eastern US
TREE TRUNK
Size: 100 ft tall, not a maple or sweetgum–too round
Bark: thin and flaky
LEAVES
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Orbital and lobed
Palmate or subpalmate
some pubescence
swollen peticle
REPRODUCTION
Flowers:
Fruit: ball like, opens up to airborne seeds
USES
Wildlife – invertebreates
Commercial – wildly used as ornamental, some limited timber use (pulp, veneers)
TOLERANCES
Shade: intolerant
Salt: no
Fire: moderate
Flood: moderate
Drought: low
UF Dendrology 
