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txrose Joined: 3/04/2007 Location: Van, Tx Posts: 2641	Posted: Apr/14/2008 5:34 PM PST I thought it was but I can not find any that look like this online. Its leaves are fuzzy feeling and the edge doesn't have many valleys? Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

MamaBearBSA Joined: 8/14/2002 Location: Altoona, Iowa (near Des Moines) Posts: 4967 Moderator	Posted: Apr/14/2008 7:26 PM PST Not sure about the leaves the seed pod looks like sweetgum maybe. Quote \| Reply \| Report

told2b Joined: 9/12/2006 Location: Northern, NJ Posts: 8355	Posted: Apr/15/2008 12:51 AM PST Sycamore Leaves Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

joybells2 Joined: 9/12/2007 Location: Sunny Nthn NSW Australia Posts: 3125	Posted: Apr/15/2008 5:22 AM PST Don't know about the leaves but the seed head looks like something we called "itchy powder" as kids. Quote \| Reply \| Report

RosemarieRo Joined: 4/01/2008 Location: So. Calif nr beach-border Posts: 1002	Posted: Apr/15/2008 8:29 AM PST I was going to suggest it might be Platanus x acerifolia, London Planetree, but my reference book says it has 2 fruit balls per stalk & yours shows only one, as is described for Platanus occidentalis, American Sycamore. The bark on your trunk doesn't look as blotchy as most P. occidentalis seem to be. But it could be! Leaves are described as 4-8" long & wide; shaped like maple leaves but wider & with shallower lobes; turn brown in the fall. They seem quite variable from the pix I've seen. Quote \| Reply \| Report

told2b Joined: 9/12/2006 Location: Northern, NJ Posts: 8355	Posted: Apr/15/2008 12:10 PM PST The pic was of American Sycamore. As Joy said as kids we used to crush the balls and put the powder down other kids shirts. We called it Itchy Ball in our area. Quote \| Reply \| Report

txrose Joined: 3/04/2007 Location: Van, Tx Posts: 2641	Posted: Apr/15/2008 2:49 PM PST Okay thanks ya'll I think it is as Rosemariero said "variable" the leaves do get very big before falling. Very beautiful color changes in the Fall the pic below is the best I can get of the two that show my driveway entrance. Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

divya-kumar-designs Joined: 4/15/2008 Location: Potomac, Maryland Posts: 1	Posted: Apr/15/2008 6:31 PM PST Hi, divya from Maryland. I'm new to this blog and in a landscape design program in Washington DC. My horticulture teacher says sycamores tend to begin their bark exfoliation higher up on the tree, whereas London planetrees start their mottling at the base of the trunk. So, yeah. Platanus occidentalis. Native to the Potomac riverbanks here. I look forward to learning and sharing a whole lot in this community. Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

txrose Joined: 3/04/2007 Location: Van, Tx Posts: 2641	Posted: Apr/15/2008 6:37 PM PST welcome aboard! thanks for the information..that is one big ol tree there! Quote \| Reply \| Report

joybells2 Joined: 9/12/2007 Location: Sunny Nthn NSW Australia Posts: 3125	Posted: Apr/15/2008 9:26 PM PST Well T2B, it seems we did similar things as kids . We had a tree with those itchy powder things in the grounds of one of the schools I attended. It was mostly boys who had them shoved down the backs of their shirts . Quote \| Reply \| Report

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