. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 89 BUTTONWOOD Platamxs occidentalis, Linnaeus THE BUTTONWOOD, also called Buttonball, Sycamore, and Plane Tree, is one of the largest trees of New York. The leaves are simple, alternate, broadly ovate, 3 to 5- lobed, 4 to 10 inches across, bright green above, pale green and white wooly below. The leaf-stalks are about 2 inches long, enlarged and hol- lowed at base. The flowers are of two kinds, occur in dense ball-like heads, at- tached to twigs by long slender stalks. The fruit consists of tiny seeds, arranged in ball-like heads about 1 in
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 89 BUTTONWOOD Platamxs occidentalis, Linnaeus THE BUTTONWOOD, also called Buttonball, Sycamore, and Plane Tree, is one of the largest trees of New York. The leaves are simple, alternate, broadly ovate, 3 to 5- lobed, 4 to 10 inches across, bright green above, pale green and white wooly below. The leaf-stalks are about 2 inches long, enlarged and hol- lowed at base. The flowers are of two kinds, occur in dense ball-like heads, at- tached to twigs by long slender stalks. The fruit consists of tiny seeds, arranged in ball-like heads about 1 inch in diameter, at- tached to twigs by long slender stalks. The bark on old trunks is rather thick, -tfjrr dark-brown, peels off in W4 broad scales. On young stems and the upper part of larger trunks it peels off in thin scales, expos- ing white, greenish and yellowish inner bark. The twigs are rather stout, at first green and fuzzy, later grayish to brown and smooth. The buds are about Ya, of an inch long, conical, dull-pointed, smooth, reddish-brown. Terminal bud is absent. The wood is hard, strong, reddish-brown. It is used for boxes, furniture, novelties, charcoal, chemicals. The Buttonwood is native from Maine to Minnesota and south to Florida and Texas. Moist to wet fertile soil are its favorite home. In New York this tree is found from Lake Champlain and Lake George westward to the St. Law- rence, becoming more abundant southward and westward. It is rare on Long Island and Staten Island and absent in the Adirondacks above 1,000 feet. The Oriental Plane Tree, a close relative of our Buttonwood, has been planted locally in New York for ornamental BUTTONWOOD One-fourth natural size. Flowers and twig sections, 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 Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph
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