. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES %9Sss â â 'â ''â â >»â â ⢠⢠â¢"" - ' V"*' SYCAMORE (ButtonwOOd) (Platanus occidentalis L.) [~HIS, the largest of the New England trees, occurs â occasionally throughout the State, frequenting the borders of streams and rich bottom-lands. It grows from fifty to one hundred feet in height and has a trunk diameter of three to eight feet. The trunk may spread near the ground into several large, secondary limbs, or it may rise without branching f
. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES %9Sss â â 'â ''â â >»â â ⢠⢠â¢"" - ' V"*' SYCAMORE (ButtonwOOd) (Platanus occidentalis L.) [~HIS, the largest of the New England trees, occurs â occasionally throughout the State, frequenting the borders of streams and rich bottom-lands. It grows from fifty to one hundred feet in height and has a trunk diameter of three to eight feet. The trunk may spread near the ground into several large, secondary limbs, or it may rise without branching for a consider- able distance and then have large, spreading branches. The branchlets are very often tufted in appearance, due to the activities of a fungus. The bark on the trunk and large. SYCAMORE Winter twig and buds. One-half natural size. mm SYCAMORE Leaf and fruiting head. One-third natural size. limbs is greenish-gray in color and flakes off in broad scales, exposing the inner bark which is at first whitish or light green, then darker. The leaves are simple, alter- nate, three to five lobed and light green. The base of the leaf-stalk is swollen and includes the winter bud. The fruit is in the shape of a ball and is about an inch in diameter. It contains very many small seeds and usually remains on the tree until spring. The wood is hard and firm but very perish- able when exposed to the weather, and liable to warp. It is used for tobacco boxes, furniture and interior finish of houses. It is fairly good for fuel. 50 m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts. State Forester; Rane, F. Wm. (Frank William), 1868-1933. Boston, Mass. : The Forester
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