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Sycamore

Platanus

Notes:

I remember pulling these apart on the school ground in California, where we called them witch burrs. Planted in Santa Fe, NM park, Identified as a Sycamore.

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Liquidambar styraciflua


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2 Comments

RebeccaSatterlee
RebeccaSatterlee 10 years ago

Thanks for the assistance Jakubko but that is a witch burr tree, we only called the seeds witch burrs. Identified it, visually by other Noah entries, as a sycamore.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Cool! Also known as American Sweetgum.

RebeccaSatterlee
Spotted by
RebeccaSatterlee

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Spotted on Apr 21, 2012
Submitted on Jul 2, 2012

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