Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore, American Sycamore

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Family: Platanaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: September - November




30 July 2014
Silver Lake Regional Park, Haymarket, VA
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(bark on medium age tree, typical of the middle of the tree)
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(ripening fruit)
12 March 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(lingering seed pods)
28 December 2016
North Fork Wetlands Bank, Haymarket, VA
(seed pod)
28 December 2016
North Fork Wetlands Bank, Haymarket, VA
(seed pod broken open)




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