Sycamore Flat, California
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Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the ancient Greek ' (''sūkomoros'') meaning "fig-mulberry". Species of trees known as sycamore: * ''
Acer pseudoplatanus ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', known as the sycamore in the British Isles and as the sycamore maple in the United States, is a species of flowering plant in the Sapindus, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, broad-leaved ...
'', a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia * '' Ficus sycomorus'', the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa * '' Platanus orientalis'', chinar tree (Old World sycamore) * Some North American members of the genus '' Platanus'', including ** '' Platanus occidentalis'', the American sycamore ** '' Platanus racemosa'', the California sycamore or western sycamore ** '' Platanus wrightii'', the Arizona sycamore ** '' Platanus mexicana''. the Mexican sycamore * In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore": ** '' Litsea reticulata'' or '' Cryptocarya glaucescens'' (silver sycamore) ** '' Polyscias elegans'' (white sycamore) ** '' Cryptocarya obovata'' (white sycamore) ** '' Ceratopetalum succirubrum'' (satin sycamore) ** '' Cardwellia sublimia'' ** '' Cryptocarya hypospodia'' (bastard sycamore) ** '' Ceratopetalum virchowii'' (pink sycamore) ** '' Ceratopetalum corymbosum'' (mountain sycamore)


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