. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 196 Natx-rai. History Siuvky Fig. 79. Sycamore grove on the Mississippi bottoms in Union Coun'.y. i to ', inches hjiig and almost eqtially broad, is bright green on top. thongh l)aler beneath, where the midrib and veins are furnished with fine hair. The stout petioles are between A and 5 inches long. The flower heads are solitary, or occasionally 2 together, on the ends of pendulous, pale-hairy pedi- cels ; and the fruits or "button-balls", which develop from the pistillate heads, grow to a diameter of an inch or mo
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 196 Natx-rai. History Siuvky Fig. 79. Sycamore grove on the Mississippi bottoms in Union Coun'.y. i to ', inches hjiig and almost eqtially broad, is bright green on top. thongh l)aler beneath, where the midrib and veins are furnished with fine hair. The stout petioles are between A and 5 inches long. The flower heads are solitary, or occasionally 2 together, on the ends of pendulous, pale-hairy pedi- cels ; and the fruits or "button-balls", which develop from the pistillate heads, grow to a diameter of an inch or more, while their slender stems in- crease in length to 3 or even G inches. The branchlcts, which are at hrst hairy and dark-green, become orange- brown and later gray and bear conical. 2-ranked buds ^ inch or more long. The lower tnuik, which often attain.^ a diameter of 10 feet, is covered with thick, dark-brown bark deeply ftu^- rowed into broad rounded ridges; btit upward on the tnmk the thin otiter bark falls in scales, exposing the inner bark. The height of the tree often exceeds 100 feet. Distribution: From Maine westward to Iowa, southward to Florida, and again westward to Texas, the Sycamore grows on the rich border- lands of streams, rivers, and lakes. It ranges through the length and breadth of Illinois, though in the north, where favorable localities are few. it is not a common tree. In Hancock County it is said to grow, even abundantly, on rich lowlands, and it is found also on dry limestone ledges at Cedar Glenn, as well as occasionally on dry, upland slopes. In Vermilion County, on the eastern side of the State, it grows with the Beech and its while in the University Woods of Chami)aign County it is found with such trees as maples, hickories. Buckeye. Hackberry, and Honey Locust. In the southern ])art of the State. Sycamore is, however, a fairly important tree ; for though in the upland forests there are only about 2 trees to 100 acres, it increases in
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