Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore, American Sycamore

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Family: Platanaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: September - November

30 July 2014 Silver Lake Regional Park, Haymarket, VA	20 June 2014 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (bark on medium age tree, typical of the middle of the tree)	20 June 2014 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	20 June 2014 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
20 June 2014 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (ripening fruit)	12 March 2015 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (lingering seed pods)	28 December 2016 North Fork Wetlands Bank, Haymarket, VA (seed pod)	28 December 2016 North Fork Wetlands Bank, Haymarket, VA (seed pod broken open)

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