Skye Flora

Sycamore


Acer pseudoplatanus

 

Acer pseudoplatanus

Photo © Carl Farmer
3 Jun 2002 Portree

Common in woods and scrubby areas.  Seedlings common anywhere in vicinity of garden specimens.

Tree up to 30 m tall.  Flower panicle 5-20 cm long.

Skye ID: Tree with large leaves (over 7 cm long) cut to about halfway into 5 irregularly toothed lobes.

Other features: Flowers yellowish in a hanging panicle, the female ones becoming the well-known winged fruits which flutter through the air when they fall.

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Acer pseudoplatanus

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 May 2003 Portree
 

Flower panicle

 

Acer pseudoplatanus

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 Jun 2003 Armadale
 

Fruits

 

Acer pseudoplatanus

Photo © Carl Farmer
4 May 2002 Broadford
 

Young leaves


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