Sycamore

Sycamores make good landscape trees but you should keep a few things in mind. If you want vivid fall color, you should plant a maple or sweet gum instead. The leaves of a sycamore generally turn brown and drop off.. they do not turn vivid colors although in their own way they are quite scenic scattered over the ground. Also a few people are allergic to the little hairs on the leaves; if you are prone to allergies you might want to get tested for this before you plant one nearby. And they are large trees, so dont plant them in tiny, confined spaces. Sycamore, along with Eucalyptus, is one of the most widely planted trees in Orange County, CA

Syc"a*more (?), n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. the fig mulberry; a fig + the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] Bot. (a)

A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.

The American plane tree, or buttonwood.

A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).

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