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 ...
Respiration of stems and branches of trees (RS) has typically been estimated by measuring radial CO2 efflux from woody tissue (EA) and rates of efflux are often scaled temporally using a temperature ...
Once upon a time, there were two species of trees: the Sycamore and the Plane. Platanus occidentalis was the American Sycamore, and Platanus orientalis, was the Oriental Plane. They were separated by ...
Question: I believe I have a 6-year-old American sycamore planted in front of my condo. There are no seed pods (balls) ever on this tree. I thought all sycamores have those. Is my tree too young to ...
Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. A scan of stream and river banks in this part of the ...
Effects of varying levels of phosphorus (P) on sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) growth and on the endogenous cytokinin levels in the xylem sap were tested. The seedlings were grown in aerated ...
It's funny how something that has been staring you in the face, unnoticed all summer long can all at once jump out of the shadows. Now that most of the leaves have dropped, you might notice as you ...
Trees that provide shade are desirable in East Texas where we have hot, humid summers. We have a sycamore tree, Platanus occidentalis, shading our back deck. Its abundant foliage cools the whole area ...
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 ...