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Sycamores tend to have long future.
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Oct 9, 2023
A sycamore can live nearly 600 years, unless it gets cut down. There was a large one across the river from me, but it was removed when they straightened the road
Sycamores tend to have long future.
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Oct 9, 2023
I'm assuming these are from Acer pseudoplatanus, which is what is called a sycamore in the UK - although online sources say that sometimes in Scotland they're also called 'plane trees'.
This is the kind of tree that stood for a couple of hundred years at Sycamore Gap in Hadrian's Wall until a vandal cut it down recently.
Here's information from the Woodland Trust.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sycamore/
Does your sycamore have bark that flakes off? I think that's Platanus occidentalis. That's the one I knew as a sycamore growing up - my grandmother had one in her yard. Those are longer-lived than the UK ones.
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