Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

60-100'

 

Flower Color

Red

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey, Red, Tan, White

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall, Persistent

American Sycamore is a stately, large shade tree reaching 70 to 90 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide. It starts out with a pyramidal habit, though the crown broadens as it matures. Large green leaves have 3 to 5 lobes, and turns yellow brown in fall. Red flowers appear in the spring but are not significant. The bark exfoliates and can be reddish brown or gray, and revels a creamy white inner bark. Fuzzy, rounded, tannish brown fruit appears singularly (distinguishing it from London Plane, which has fruits in pairs).