Acer pseudoplatanus L.
(Sycamore, Great Maple)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
GenusAcer (maples)
FamilySAPINDACEAE (maples & horse chestnuts)
OrderSAPINDALES (rues, sumachs, smoke tree, pride of India and tree of heaven)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple) :
1: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
22 May 2015 OSGR: SD76 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
seedlings under tree
Image 1: Seedling - close-upImage 2: SeedlingsImage 3: Seedlings (2)Image 4: Seedlings (3)Image 5: Seedlings (4)
2: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
19 May 2015 OSGR: SD85 54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Just coming into leaf, and flower
Image 1: Foliage - just coming into leaf and flowerImage 2: Tree - just coming into leaf - in landscapeImage 3: Tree - just coming into leaf - in landscape (2)Image 4: Trunk
3: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
19 May 2015 OSGR: SD85 54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Tree - in landscape
4: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
22 Apr 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
buds just bursting
Image 1: Canopy with buds just burstingImage 2: Tree with buds just burstingImage 3: Young foliage
5: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
27 Jul 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Tree - with developing fruit
6: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
17 Mar 2008 OSGR: SW83 50° 10’ N, 4° 60’ W Vice County: East Cornwall (VC 2) England
beside path through woodland . Photos: winter buds
Image 1: Winter buds - close-upImage 2: Winter buds - close-up (2)Image 3: Growth and bud scars from last year - close-up - enlarged
7: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
22 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Young sapling - top view
Image 1: Young sapling - top view
8: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
13 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flowers and leavesImage 2: Flowers and leaves (2)Image 3: Flowers and leaves - close-up
9: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
6 May 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Inflorescence - close-upImage 2: InflorescencesImage 3: Leaves with inflorescencesImage 4: New leaves with dangling inflorescences
10: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
4 May 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: Tree
11: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
18 May 1969 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Flowers and foliage
12: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
25 Apr 1969 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Buds - bursting - close-up

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Oliver, J.E. 2007 Sycamore variability, and progeny of a mutant tree BSBI News 106: 20-23, colour plate 4.

Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 313 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore, Great Maple)
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