Sycamore

Description:

This is a very unique tree. It gets its name from the looks of the tree. The tree has peeling bark which makes it look sick. The sycamore is a wide-canopied, deciduous tree, 75-100 ft. tall, with a massive trunk and open crown of huge, crooked branches. The bark of large, old trunks sloughs off in scales or plates leaving a smooth, whitish inner bark. Leaves broadly ovate or broader, blade often wider than long, long pointed.

Habitat:

Habitats consists of bottomland woodlands, mesic woodlands, wooded banks of streams and rivers, higher ground of swamps, shaded seeps, and abandoned fields. Less often, this tree is found in upland woodlands. American Sycamore usually occurs as an occasional individual tree or in small groups.

Notes:

I found this sycamore in the court yard on my school campus.