Is this sycamore?

[ozzy1977]

they are in pairs opposite, then at 90*,

 

[santaman2000]

Sorry, that's Santaman 2000 pics.
David.

My pix are American Sycamore (Plantanus Occidentalis) www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/american_sycamore.htm

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[tom.moran]

it the tree he pictured ok for friction fire?

 

[Davidn]

My pix are American Sycamore (Plantanus Occidentalis) www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/american_sycamore.htm

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Ah, that'll be English/American names getting in the way of Latin!

 

[Davidn]

it the tree he pictured ok for friction fire?

Only one way to find out.

 

[santaman2000]

Ah, that'll be English/American names getting in the way of Latin!

Let's really confuse it with this quote from wiki:

"Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, occidental plane, and buttonwood, is one of the species of Platanus native to North America. It is usually called sycamore in North America, a name which can refer to other types of tree in other parts of the world."

 

[tom.moran]

Only one way to find out.

i guess so

 

[bushwacker bob]

Acer Pseudoplatinus. Sycamore.

 

[Davidn]

Am at work now about to take down a Sycamore, and after thinking the leaves looked too rounded, I think it probably is Sycamore. The leaves look a little large for Field Maple. Give it a go anyway and good luck with the bow drill, such a good feeling getting your first ember!!

 

[dwardo]

Its an Acer lol

Americans also seem to confuse, beech with hornbeam, lime with basswood as well as sycamore and many others

 

[santaman2000]

Its an Acer lol

Americans also seem to confuse, beech with hornbeam, lime with basswood as well as sycamore and many others

Not dificult to imagine why we could confuse species considering; there are more species of trees in the Smokie Mountains alone than in the whole of Europe.

 

[dwardo]

Not dificult to imagine why we could confuse species considering; there are more species of trees in the Smikie Mountains alone than in the whole of Europe.

Would love to visit that place one day, looks breathtaking.

 

[Mesquite]

Americans also seem to confuse, beech with hornbeam, lime with basswood as well as sycamore and many others

How can you confuse Lime with Basswood when they're both referring to exactly the same family Tilia?

 

[santaman2000]

Would love to visit that place one day, looks breathtaking.

I've only been once myself, a two week camping/exploring trip in Summer 2001.

I'd love to go in autumn or winter.

 

[Will_]

It is likely a sycamore, but i don't recall ever seeing one with rounded leaves like that one has. (3rd pic)

Thanks for all the replies and sorry for not picking up on this point earlier - I recall the leaves being a lot pointier before the autumn - they only started looking round when they started dying. Does this sound about right?
Thanks again - Will

P.S.
To our American friends
Stop confusing us with your crazy ways. You've already butchered our once elegant and respected language.
Now you're just here to rub our noses in how epic your landscapes are and how you're allowed to hunt and camp in the wilderness.
Colonials have no place in this thread. :aargh4: You may return when you learn to pronounce the H in Herb.

 

[shaggystu]

Thanks for all the replies and sorry for not picking up on this point earlier - I recall the leaves being a lot pointier before the autumn - they only started looking round when they started dying. Does this sound about right?...

Yes

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[santaman2000]

.....Colonials have no place in this thread. :aargh4: You may return when you learn to pronounce the H in Herb.

And don't forget that, unlike the British, we do pronounce the H in Hole.

 

[hobbes]

Colonials have no place in this thread. :aargh4: You may return when you learn to pronounce the H in Herb.

I know you're only jesting, and this is off topic, but, just for interest's sake, there is actually a good deal of evidence that there was no h in 'erb (or 'ospital etc) in spoken English at the time of the American colonies, and it was only introduced here by the English middle classes in the 19thC, who were so afraid of sounding lower class that they started pronouncing h's in all sorts of places they'd never been pronounced before.

In other words, it may not have been the Yanks that dropped it, but us that added it.

Let that be a lesson to the quietly superior in all of us 8)

 

[Will_]

it was only introduced here by the English middle classes in the 19thC, who were so afraid of sounding lower class that they started pronouncing h's in all sorts of places they'd never been pronounced before.

Rightly so. Hear hear. What what.
Superior? Yes. Quietly? Never.

 

[santaman2000]

Rightly so. Hear hear. What what.
Superior? Yes. Quietly? Never.

That's just 'orrible.