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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  California Sycamore
California sycamore's presence attests to the perennial abundance of near-surface water.
California sycamore is not a pioneer species in the riparian habitat.
Sycamore is considered a mid-successional species and forms older groves on the higher terraces.
kaweahoaks.com /html/sycamore.html   (652 words)

  
 Tree Details—The Tree Guide at arborday.org
Sycamore has been cursed by horticulturists and others because it is said to be messy, dropping leaves and small twigs throughout the year, particularly in dry weather.
The leaves of the California Sycamore are dark green with yellow veins.
The California Sycamore can withstand heat and wind but can only tolerate drought after it is well established and planted near a high water table.
www.arborday.org /trees/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ID=120   (444 words)

  
 Tree Guide at arborday.org
The California Sycamore can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.
The California Sycamore grows to be 60' - 90' feet in height.
Sycamore is subject to attacks of anthracnose in wet, cool springs.
www.arborday.org /trees/treeguide/print.cfm?ID=120   (348 words)

  
 Tree Totem-Trees-Sycamore
However, the ancient Egyptians also regarded the Sycamore as their sacred "tree of life," and so the idea that this is the Platanus Sycamore must be questioned, as that species is not indigenous to the Nile Valley.
American sycamore is an intolerant species of frequently disturbed river bottoms, in pure stands or more commonly, in mixture of sweet gum, box elder, silver and red maple, cottonwood and willows.
Sycamore people are flighty, hard to understand and difficult for most to work with.
treetotem.com /tesycamore.htm   (1423 words)

  
 Platanus racemosa California sycamore
We use wood chips to mulch.The green tree in the picture is 6 years old in the nursery(30-40 ft.,the little post under it is a 4 ft. hitching post), the yellow tree is the fall color.
Platanus racemosa California sycamore is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.
Platanus racemosa California sycamore's foliage turns a different color in the fall,type is deciduous and is edible.
www.laspilitas.com /plants/522.htm   (531 words)

  
 Sycamore Associates LLC
Sycamore assisted project planners and engineers in preparation of development plans that protect special-status species and habitats, including nesting cooper's hawk and other raptors and passerines, California red-legged frog, special-status bats, wetlands and waters of the U.S. and State, and two rare plant species; Oakland star-tulip and bristly linanthus.
Sycamore's team conducted focused surveys, mapped plant and animal populations, prepared a Mitigation and Monitoring Plan, designed mitigation features including wetland habitat and other wildlife enhancement features, and will oversee the construction of mitigation areas and the translocation of California tiger salamanders, Western burrowing owls, and California red-legged frogs to the mitigation area as needed.
Sycamore Associates LLC conducted a biological assessment of the study corridor to assess the potential for the occurrence of special-status plant or wildlife species and sensitive vegetation communities within the areas to be affected by the project.
www.sycllc.com /projects/biologicalregulatory.shtml   (1122 words)

  
 Platanus occidentalis english
Sycamore (Platanus sp.) also known as Buttonwood or Plane is composed of 5 to 9 species which grow in Eurasia [2] and North America [8].
The common name “Sycamore” is used in England to designate a species in the Hard Maple Group (Acer pseudoplatanus), whereas Plane or Planetree is used to name the Platanus which grows there.
General: The sapwood of Sycamore is white to light yellow, while the heartwood is light to dark brown.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/platan1.html   (897 words)

  
 Sycamore Membranophone
A young sycamore trunk sat on the grass in the primitive campground near the stream.
When I came upon the stump, the termites had vacated their sycamore home and left a labyrinth of holes and decaying wood that was once the core.
I rescued the young sycamore trunk from its unfortunate fate and decided to breath life into the stump by transforming it into a drum.
www.primitiveways.com /sycamore_drum.html   (826 words)

  
 The River Project - About Us
California Buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum, is still common in the foothills and alongside freeways.
The State flower, the California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica is seen along the banks during the spring.
California Wild Rose, Rosa californica, is deciduous and thorny with fragrant pink flowers and edible red hips.
www.theriverproject.org /plants.html   (523 words)

  
 Sycamore Deck Builders | Decks Contractors in Sycamore, CA
Sycamore deck builders are key to our business and your home because they can provide you not only entertaining space, but also extra living space.
Many think of living space as only indoor space, but many Sycamore deck builders have heard from their clients that they spend every waking hour on their decks dining, reading, entertaining, grilling, sunbathing, enjoying cocktails, and chatting with friends.
Sycamore deck builders are valuable resources because they can add so much life and space to your home.
www.servicemagic.com /c.Decks.Sycamore.CA.-12017.html   (329 words)

  
 Sycamore leaf on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Sycamore trees are one of the wonders of the world, not just because they grow large with limbs that twist and turn in sculptural ways, but because even small trees produce gigantic leaves.
Sycamores produce the largest leaves of any trees in North America, this leaf is well over ten inches wide.
Yeah, sycamores are quite amazing and we have them here on this coast too although the California variety is different and seems to have bigger leaves.
www.flickr.com /photos/richardspics/370514696   (519 words)

  
 Sycamore
Sycamore (Platanus spp.), also known as buttonwood or plane, is composed of five to nine species which grow in Eurasia [2] and North America [8].
The common name “sycamore” is used in England to designate a species in the hard maple group (Acer pseudoplatanus), whereas plane or planetree is used to name the Platanus that grows there.
General Wood Characteristics: The sapwood of sycamore is white to light yellow, while the heartwood is light to dark brown.
www.windsorplywood.com /nam_hardwoods/sycamore.html   (478 words)

  
 Wildlife Habitats
A stage is a combination of size and cover class for tree-dominated habitats, age and cover class for shrub habitats, height and cover class for herb habitats, and depth and substrate for aquatic habitats.
Crosswalks to the CWHR habitat classification scheme are included in all of California's major vegetation and land cover mapping efforts.
Also included are crosswalks to a national scheme for marine and estuarine ecosystems and habitat classification published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2002 and a classification for habitats of the Channel Islands drafted in 2000 by the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).
www.dfg.ca.gov /bdb/html/wildlife_habitats.html   (576 words)

  
 Sycamore
Their close relationship indicates that they separated relatively recently when expanding deserts separated a once continuous woodlands that stretched from Arizona to California during the Miocene.
There is a possible explanation as to why California sycamore doesn't grow in the north coast ranges even though there seems to be plenty of "suitable" habitat.
Forty to ninety-seven percent of the vertebrate species of the central valley use or depend upon the foliage of these trees.
www.blueroebuck.com /sycamore.htm   (675 words)

  
 RRBBS: Reading Travel, Hiking & Exploring Thread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) grow on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains along streams and rivers below 3,000 feet in elevation.
The leaves of California Sycamores may remind you of large maple leaves; both are palmately lobed but sycamore leaves are much thicker and are arranged alternately along the twigs whereas maple leaves are opposite each other.
Arizona Sycamore trees grow in the Sonoran Desert and American Sycamore grow from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River.
www.rrbbs.com /cgi-bin/bbs/thread.pl?13-2428   (813 words)

  
  ipedia.com: Sycamore Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.
The sycamore of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mul...
The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, of the Middle East and eastern Africa.
www.ipedia.com /sycamore.html   (222 words)

  
 City of Lakewood, California :
Lined with California Sycamore and Cottonwood trees, the nature trail is perfect for jogging or walking and is ADA accessible.
Instead, the different species of California indigenous trees, low-maintenance meadow grasses, and California native wildflowers make a band of open space tied together by a decomposed granite path from Monte Verde Park on Shadeway Road south to Carson Street.
The goal was to recreate the area with native grasses and low-growing shrubs that once flourished along the river channel to give the appearance of a meadow surrounded by colorful plants.
www.lakewoodcity.org /emag/05_21_03_sgrp.asp   (788 words)

  
 California Gardens - Platanus racemosa - Sycamore
Platanus racemosa is native to stream banks throughout the lower elevations of California and many of the Western States.
The second is related, the Sycamore will have a lot of leaves, and these seem to fall off all of the time.
The Sycamore tree is a magnet for wildlife activity.
www.californiagardens.com /Plant_Pages/platanus_racemosa.htm   (370 words)

  
 United Church News: June 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At 100, California's Sycamore Congregational UCC—one of the oldest Japanese-American congregationa in the United States—remains rooted in the Asian-American community.
When 20-year-old Yo Nagata was married on March 29, 1942, at California's Sycamore Congregational Church (UCC), then located in Oakland but now in El Cerrito, her wedding was the last official gathering of the Japanese-American congregation before its members were forced into internment camps during World War II.
One of Sycamore's most notable members was author Yoshiko Uchida, who in 1943, as a then-student at the University of California at Berkeley, was forced to live in an internment camp.
www.ucc.org /ucnews/jun04/tree.htm   (804 words)

  
 Anthracnose Management Guidelines--UC IPM
Sycamore anthracnose lesions typically develop along the major leaf veins.
In California, anthracnose rarely causes permanent damage to plants except for elm trees.
California sycamore (P. racemosa) should be avoided in the north, but it is not affected in the southern part of the state.
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7420.html   (1265 words)

  
 Sycamore Trail Self-Guided Booklet
California Sycamore, Platanus racemosa - This native giant is testimony of an abundance of near-surface groundwater.
The California Sycamore is an important member of our Valley Oak Woodland, providing homes for cavity and open nesting birds, food for hundreds of insects and rich compost that naturally fertilizes the surrounding plant community.
This sycamore has been sick for centuries - Anthracnose is a common fungal disease of the California Sycamore.
kaweahoaks.com /html/sycamore_trail_key.html   (2092 words)

  
 Cal-IPC: Southern California Trees
In California, it is most abundant along the coast and Sierra foothills, as well as along streams.
Platanus acerifolia is intentionally NOT RECOMMENDED as an alternative because of its ability to hybridize with locally native California sycamores (Platanus racemosa) and negatively impact wild populations.
Native to California, drought tolerant, and attracts many birds and butterflies to your garden.
www.cal-ipc.org /landscaping/dpp/plantpage.php?region=socal&type=Trees   (644 words)

  
 Audubon: Audubon at Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Russo is so passionate about southern California's natural heritage that she is rooting out the exotic plants and restoring the natives on the two and a half acres she owns with her husband, screenwriter Dan Gilroy.
Her latest role may be equally challenging: advocate for a campaign to convince gardeners to embrace native plants in a region better known as the home of Hollywood than as the home of California holly, the indigenous shrub that is the town's namesake.
This website provides information on this southern California garden, which is filled with thousands of native plant species and varieties, as well as on tours, classes, and publications (www.rsabg.org).
magazine.audubon.org /audubonathome/audubonathome0507.html   (2261 words)

  
 Sycamore Ranch, California
Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Sycamore Ranch in California is a really good place to spend some time.
Quite a lot of fun things to do around Sycamore Ranch and what a great place for camping it is. There's more to do here other than just hanging out such as golf, swimming, whitewater paddling, and fishing, so you might want to stay a while.
Sycamore Ranch is a place of average precipitation, in the month of January you get the most rain around here while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/102473.html   (739 words)

  
 About Us: Cover [Angeles Chapter Sierra Club]
A Sycamore is a one-tree bird garden and butterfly garden; hummingbirds and butterflies use sycamores extensively.
Left: The sycamore's dry fruits (achenes) contain its seeds (on the right), which fall to the ground in winter.
Katibeh, Edwin F. A brief history of riparian forests in the central valley of California and Shanfield, Allan N. Alder, cottonwood, and sycamore distribution and regeneration along the Nacimiento River, California.
angeles.sierraclub.org /about/Cover.asp   (507 words)

  
 Sequoia Riverlands Trust
Dry Creek is widely popular for its spring wildflower shows and is home to one of the largest remaining sycamore alluvial woodland communities in the world.
Before giving the property to the land trust, California Portland Cement Company began the reclamation process by moving large piles of mining debris from the floodplain that might have washed downstream with the winter rains.
Thus, while the California sycamore is not an uncommon species, the sycamore alluvial woodland is only found in just 17 stands scattered across central California.
www.sequoiariverlands.org /success_drycreek.html   (456 words)

  
 Wind Dispersal Of Seeds
A population explosion of western salsify(Tragopogon dubius) near Mono Lake, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada of Central California.
This tree with its distinctive thorny trunk and showy pink flowers is commonly planted in southern California.
n the California sycamore (Platanus racemosa), a common riparian (streamside) tree throughout the state, the one-seeded fruits (achenes or nutlets) are produced in dense, globose heads.
waynesword.palomar.edu /plfeb99.htm   (4351 words)

  
 Managing Pests in Gardens: Trees and Shrubs: Sycamore, London Plane Tree—UC IPM
Sycamore is a fast-growing deciduous tree reaching 30 to 40 feet tall.
If trees are regularly pollarded, choose the cultivar 'Yarwood' as it is highly resistant to powdery mildew and its susceptibility to anthracnose will be controlled by pruning.
2007 The Regents of the University of California.
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/GARDEN/PLANTS/sycamore.html?printpage   (195 words)

  
 Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort - San Luis Obispo California Hotel
Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort in San Luis Obispo California has nightly rates from $199.00 to $299.00.
Tucked away in the wooded countryside, Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort is an extraordinary setting for special events.
The trail is named for Harold E. Guiton who donated five acres of lagoon property to the state parks in the mid-1930s.
www.trails.com /all-hotels/hotel-info.asp?hotelid=65886   (1040 words)

  
 Plants: Species
You might know the California sycamore Platanus racemosa as the plane tree or the buttonball.
But one thing you're certain to recognize is this tree's pendulous bunches of bristly seedballs, which are green in summer then turn brown and fall off to annoy tender feet in autumn.
Like all plane trees, the California sycamore grows rapidly to provide welcome shade, and its flaky, peeling bark creates a picturesque effect as shades of white, gray, green, and yellow are revealed on the inner bark.
www.sandiegozoo.org /CF/plants/species_detail.cfm?ID=98   (134 words)

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