sycamore

Acer pseudoplatanus

• Magnificent domed canopy
   
• Up to 35m high
   
• Smooth grey-brown bark when young becoming scaly and flaky with maturity
   
• Stout twigs with fat, green buds
   
• Leaves are large, maple-leaf shape, with five pointed lobes
   
• Flowers hang in long, spiky clusters

Autumn colours not as spectacular as field maple
 
The paired, winged fruit (keys) are green tinged with red and ripen to brown
 

Where found

One of our commonest and most widespread trees, found almost everywhere
 

When to look for

• Flowers and leaves appear from April-May
    
• Leaves drop in November
   

Did you know?

The sycamore tree is not native to the British Isles - it came from central and south-east Europe