American Sycamores, One Thing I Didn’t Know

Platanus Occidentalis

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Okay, the American Sycamore is not labeled as the official state tree for any of the 50 American states.

The name derives from the ancient Greek συκόμορος (sūkomoros) meaning “fig-mulberry” and the range is most of the eastern United States. The range is from Vermont to east Texas, over to Georgia — not Florida, and up into…