410 TKEES IX WINTER 



SYCAMORE MAPLE 



Acer Pseudo-Platanus L. 



HABIT — A rather large tree of vig-orous growth, reaching in Europe 

 120 ft. in height, with large spreading head. 



BARK — Dark reddish-brown, flaking off in squarish or short oblong 

 scales. 



TW^IGS — Stout, smooth, shining, yellowish-greenish to brown. 



LiEAF-SCARS — Opposite, shallow V-shaped; adjacent edges of opposite 

 leaf-scars not meeting. BUNDLE-SCARS — 3, elongated lengthwise with 

 the leaf-scar or compound. 



BUDS — Green, sometimes slightly reddish, terminal bud larger than 

 lateral buds, 7-12 mm. long, broadly oval to ovate to nearly spherical, 

 much more than % as wide as long; lateral buds divergent. BUD- 

 SCALES — more or less keeled, with dark brown edging, dark pointed 

 apex and finely hairj^ margin; scales to terminal bud, 6-7 pairs, 3 pairs 

 at least generally visible, the outer scales smooth, the 2 inner scales 

 thickly covered with silvery white hairs. 



FRUIT — Generally less than 5 cm. long, seed-like portion nearly 

 spherical, wings making about a right angle resembling fruit of the 

 Sugar Maple. 



COMPARISONS — Distinguished from the Norway Maple by the green 

 buds, having outer scales with dark margins and white-hairy inner 

 scales, and by the flaky bark; from the native Maples by the larger 

 buds and the peculiar bark. 



DISTRIBUTION — A European form, cultivated in the United States 

 as a shade tree but less extensively than the Norway Maple. 



WOOD — Similar in character to that of the Norway Maple and used 

 for the same purposes. 



