Carol DM
The largest deciduous (meaning the leaves fall off) tree in the Eastern United States, sycamore trees can grow 75 to 100 feet tall with a similar spread, and even taller under ideal conditions. The trunk may be as much as 10 feet in diameter.
Sycamores also go by the names buttonwood or buttonball trees. This comes from the 1-inch balls that hang from the tree all winter and fall to the ground in spring.
I found this trivia interesting about sycamores in the bible…
The significance of the sycamore tree in the Bible is that it was associated with pigs and therefore it was unclean. Zacchaeus climbed up a sycamore tree in order to get a glimpse of Jesus and was humiliated by others who saw him do it.
I was out in the yard yesterday and the sun was shining on the bark of the sycamore. It was almost like a glow to the tree. Hard to capture all the beauty of this tree. I hope this one continues to grow in my backyard.
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I love this type of tree, a great one for sharing.
Thanks, it is my favorite in the yard.
Interesting facts there on the Sycamore tree! I don’t have any in my yard, but I’m sure there are some in the woods. You made me think of the first school I went to named Sycamore. It was a private school in a small town in the south that had a lot of racial violence in the 60’s. Good memories there.
I love this tree, it grows each year in my backyard. Wish I had more. Glad it brought back memories.
ok first, my apologies
I am sickamore tree pictures. (kidding)
Dad joke, couldn’t help it!
Great picture, they are fun trees. The bark of the light sycamore tree was used by the First people as paper!
Funny Doc. 🙂 I am not surprised at the many uses of the beautiful bark on this tree.
it is a beautiful tree! my dad called them fast growers.
They are fast growing trees indeed.
Dad used to plant them as living fences. Well, I planted them under supervision.
He switched for fruit trees only after that.
It is a huge and handsome tree.
Yes indeed it is and one of my favorites.
beautiful tree indeed , thanks for sharing
Thank you for your comment.
I loved that bit about the unclean tree and Zacchaeus. I love the composition of the picture, the blue skies against the white trunks and those leaves or pods hanging from the tree providing the contrast.
Who really knows about the verse in the bible, but I remember hearing this growing up. Thanks Dawn.
I’ve only seen it on the internet, and once again in this post.
There is a big tree in the yard which must be very pleasant and useful!
Yes it is gorgeous especially in the spring as it casts a large shadow on the year and full of leaves.
With its peeling bark and its color sycamore resembles the guava tree in my place.
Yes it does doesn’t it! The bark is the signature of the sycamore.
Pretty tree, I cannot recall ever seeing one before.
They are gorgeous trees and I wish I had more.
tree climbing shaming? that’s a thing?
Apparently it was in biblical times. No idea if that is even true.
Christ was more of a wealth shamer…
A good way to explain it.
he was called a carpenter, but the bible only tells us about one thing that he made, what was it?
Thanks for the info specially what it says in the Bible. I do not read the Bible.
There is a photo stitching software that helps the photographer take photos of objects that have heights. I have just downloaded a trial version.
I use to read the bible. But I remember this story about the sycamore tree. Good luck on the software.
Thank you for the visit and the comment!
Sorry… another disappeared comment. Kind of crazy.
A beautiful tree. I’m not sure I’ve seen it before.
Thanks, I love this one and it is grown in many parts of the world.
And this tree will grow to, according to what I have read, over 100 feet tall!
Uh, I wouldn’t have that tree in the yard ?
Lado, Not sure if my last comment went through. I do not see it…
I just read about the plane tree and it seems it is the same tree.
Plane tree, any of the 10 species of the genus Platanus, the only genus of the family Platanaceae. These large trees are native in North America, eastern Europe, and Asia and are characterized by scaling bark; large, deciduous, usually palmately lobed leaves; and globose heads of flower and seed. The plane trees bear flowers of both sexes on the same tree but in different clusters.
Now my comments are duplicated.
I looked at both links.
This tree does not grow in Serbia.
Thanks ,Carol.
Oh ok, well thanks for looking Robin.
Have a great weekend.
I think we have discussed this tree once before …. we call it a plane tree or it is very similar to it …. or its fruits grow round and on long stalks … The spots are big and very hard .. .and the trunk peels off
Yes I have shared this tree a few times one here. It does have peeling bark.
https://virily.com/virily_poll/the-amazing-sycamore-bark/
Then it must be the same … I will take a picture of it and post it and see if it is the same
Oh good I will be looking for it.
Lado, I just read about the plane tree and it seems it is the same tree.
Plane tree, any of the 10 species of the genus Platanus, the only genus of the family Platanaceae. These large trees are native in North America, eastern Europe, and Asia and are characterized by scaling bark; large, deciduous, usually palmately lobed leaves; and globose heads of flower and seed. The plane trees bear flowers of both sexes on the same tree but in different clusters.
Yes, sycamore tree is growing here too, I love this tree.
That is great that you know the tree too.
I have heard about this type of tree but have not seen it in nature.
One of my favorite trees in the backyard.
Here is how it looked in the spring with the leaves:
https://virily.com/virily_poll/up-the-sycamore/
One more of the bark up close…
https://virily.com/virily_poll/the-amazing-sycamore-bark/