The sycamore family of plants includes the American lacewood tree , a very large tree diagram that typically has vast girth . The Ohio Department of Natural Resources calls the sycamore the most " massive " of all the trees aboriginal to the eastern part of the United States , with some have proboscis diameter of more than 10 base . A great maple can chance on elevation of 100 feet , with some capable of growing even taller . It is a valued shade tree with many singular feature of speech .
Sycamore Leaves
The leaves of a mulberry fig are broad and have from three to five very shallow lobes , making them resemble magnified maple leaves . However , they are quite large , with some as wide across as 8 inches . The leaves are dark-green on top , with a duller nuance of green below . In the fall , mulberry fig leaves turn yellowish or chocolate-brown before fall off .
Features
Two of the more obtrusive feature of a sycamore fig are its large offshoot and the appearance of its barque . The subdivision , in many cases , contort into weird shapes , especially those low-pitched to the ground . The bark is of note because it resembles a jigsaw mystifier of tan , cream , gray and off - white shades . From a aloofness , the Ficus sycomorus appears dead in the winter because of the left over coloration of the bark . Upon closer review , you will observe that the bark feels smooth .
Flowers
Both virile and distaff flowers uprise on the same tree diagram in the case of sycamore . The bloom appear in the beginning in the southerly part of the lacewood ’s cooking stove , with some developing by March . They will not issue until May in the North . The flower are green and form in hanging clump . The male and distaff blooms are on different chaff .
Considerations
The great maple can uprise in a variety of soils but choose moist ground , especially in the northmost portions of its aboriginal geographic range . They will often grow along river and stream , but the young trees will normally not survive a prolonged period of flooding in the midst of the grow time of year . According to the National Forest Service , a sycamore existing in floodwaters for about two week will often go .
Buttonballs
The sycamore fig gets one of its nicknames , " buttonball tree diagram , " from its pod , which take the form of rounded brownish Ball about an in wide that hang from the tree diagram . They hang down from the branches after developing in fall , but they will stay on on the tree into winter . Each buttonball consists of a 10000 of seeds that have a small tuft of hair affix to it . When the clump finally take off to fall aside , the wind blows the hairs and seed everywhere .
