Sycamore Maple, Planetree Maple                A-ser soo-do-PLAT-an-us

• Deciduous tree, 40-60 ft (12-18 m), upright, spreading branches, oval crown, bark similar to that of a sycamore (flaking in small rectangular scales).  Leaves opposite, simple, 7.5-15 cm wide, 3-5 lobed, coarsely crenate-serrate, dark green and glabrous above, greenish-white below.  Fall color yellowish to dingy brown.  Flowers small, yellow-green, in 8-12 cm long pendulous, clusters (racemes), appear after leaves.  Fruit (samara) 3-5 cm long, forming an angle of about 60^o, in pendulous clusters.  Buds similar to those of Acer platanoides, Norway Maple.
• Sun to light shade, best on well-drained soil, tolerates alkaline to acid soil conditions, sensitive to heat, good near the sea shore, a salt tolerant species.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4          Native to Europe and western Asia
• pseudoplatanus:  pseudo, false;   platanus, a reference to Acer platanus, Norway Maple, hence a "false norway maple", meaning visually similar to Acer platanus.
• Corvallis: north side 127 NW 13th St.