I’ve got a massive sycamore in my concord ca backyard. It provides much needed shade in the summer. In the winter, it provides me with much needed exercise when it sheds its leaves. This tree keeps me healthy!
I have a sycamore. It sheds a little. Usually nothing more than the lawnmower can't eat right up. It grows fast, and looks nice. I still do not understand all the pooh-poohers. There is no "perfect" tree.
My significant other and I love the Sycamore. On the Southern landscape it provides great colour, this being that it is not only grand, and has beautiful cheery leaves, but, that it is the only white-barked tree on the Southern landscape.
We apparently adore Sycamores where I live. A nostalgic song about my state, "Back Home Again In Indiana" (sung before every Indy 500 for decades), fondly recalls Sycamores as part of the beloved memories from a childhood lived in Indiana. : _"Back home again in Indiana_ _And it seems that I can see_ _The gleaming candlelight still shining bright_ _Thro' the sycamores for me_ _The new mown hay sends all its fragrance_ _From fields I used to roam_ _When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash_ _Then I long for my Indiana home"_ Also a college here, Indiana State University (home of USA basketball legend Larry Bird), uses "Sycamores" as their student body nickname. From Wiki: _"In January 1922, it was announced that the name Sycamores had won a popular vote of the student body. Indiana State University has used this team name ever since."_
If you are from the Americas Sycamore is a totally different tree then what they call Sycamore in Europe. Here in the US Sycamore is a plane tree, in Europe it's a maple.
I haven't been to UK so I haven't seen it in real life, but I think they looks absolutely gorgeous. It's a tree I've always been associated with England.
An ex-landlord of mine hates sycamores because their roots cause subsidence - the trees were undermining the house. This cost many thousands of £ to fix, and led to much disruption, so I guess he has a point. They're good ornamental trees if you have lots of space (and the wherewithal to stop them taking over), but not in a small London back garden.
Sycamores in the US are a different tree. In UK they are a kind of maple - acer. In the states they are platanus. What the UK calls the plane. Most common is the London Plane, common city tree.
@@scottmeyerhoff3542 Aye, the tree in the video is a uk sycamore, acer pseudoplatanus. A lot of the comments seem to be about the plane tree, platanus, called sycamore in the US. I couldn't stop myself trying to clear this up.
memories.... used to live in west sussex for a few years, and i just couldnt believe the reasons the trains stopped - leaves on track, track too wet/cold/warm, wind blowing wrong way, engine just didnt feel like it, engine had headache, engine and one of its carriages had a spat and broke up, carriages taking industrial action, dark tunnel made carriages scared and engine claustrophobic necessitating 'medication'... so - the leaf excuse WAS true......
The leaves on the line don't have to be sycamore -- and they don't turn into a soggy mulch. The pressure between the wheel rim and the track compresses the leaf into a hard, black material rather like teflon, which is very difficult to remove, and which is extremely slippery especially which it's raining.
This video made no sense until I did a little reading on Wikipedia. What Americans call Sycamore trees are called American Planetrees in the UK, similar to the London Planetree. Why no London Plane video? I've heard they are common there. I love the massive strips of bark they shed in July leaving the trunk in a camouflage pattern.
theskip1 i think it would be american sycamore wood that you're talking about. English sycamore is actually a type of maple so it would likely split quite easily which is not ideal for a chopping board
I hate them because they put out thousands of little saplings and branches from everywhere. From chopped branches, from the bark, from the roots, etc, and they can invade several meters into your garden in a matter of months. You cut them all back and there's twice as many back in a few months.
We have a large sycamore tree in our residential area to the rear of our back garden. I dislike the fact the trees were planted so close to our homes, they should be planted far away from houses. Nearly all my neighbours now have young tree growth from this particular sycamore tree because the neighbours didn't manage to catch the shoots in time. The helicopter seeds were blown off by the wind which buried themselves in our grass borders and between slabs then started growing. They are a nuisance as I have to go around with a bad back picking out all the saplings that have taken root which would eventually grow into a big tree if we didn't keep on top of things and were not careful.
@@Corfugirl537 Yea, I know exactly what you mean! I frequently have to pull these things from my garden, and the fuckers grow really quickly too. I was reclaiming a bit of overgrown garden recently and there were hundreds of them, and the ones that make it to about 4 feet are really tough to pull up.
There was an old hollow sycamore down by the beach not far from where I live, which I was very fond of in my childhood. It's one of those things you don't forget for some reason.
In one hot period in England these trees were dripping sap and lots of of it and turning almost into a hard type of clear silicone adhesive, not great when they're hanging over car windscreens bordering a car park.
I have a 100-year-old sycamore in front of my house which is massive.. it is really a love love hate thing the only thing I really hate about the sycamore is that it loses all of its spark and sheds it all over the place other than that it's an absolute utter gem .
In North America, Sycamore is an entirely different tree Platanus Occidentalis. Nobody hates those trees lol. They’re some of largest, best looking trees we have! Your sycamores just look like maples
@Lleanlleawrg yes me too. was one in playground of my first school, which i revisited over xmas, and its still there unchanged after 35 years! and it was big then, so must be old.... memories...
dont forget we are coming up to the birch sap collecting piriod of the spring, us wine makers are going to be out there with our brace and bits and hose pipes and demijohns, might be worth a video, pete
What you call “sycamore” in the UK is from the genus Acer, so it’s a maple isn’t it? What we call a “sycamore” in the US is Platanus, but you call a plane tree.
They can be highly toxic to horses, causing something called atypical myopathy and the survival rate is low. Not all trees carry the toxin and not all parts of the same tree can carry the toxin, but it's found in leaves, seeds and saplings and anyone who has sycamore near will know that the leaves and seeds can travel a long way, getting into the grass and easily being eaten by horses. That might explain some of the dislike for them.
@QualityCraftsmen A Sycamore is a kind of maple. Platanus occidentalis is commonly invaded by a type of caterpillar that sheds hairs which are irritating as heck. Maybe you're thinking of that? The caterpillars are called Processional caterpillars in the Netherlands (Processie rups). Not sure if that's what you mean by those filaments you mention though. Sounds like you encountered a caterpillar "sleeping bag" which they make with shedded skins.
That’s the darn tree that throws the dust balls everywhere and causes allergies to spike up. We seem to have them everywhere in London. Wish they would grow a more allergy friendly tree
HA! no we don't...quit bullshitting people, my goodness, we use mostly pine and other softwoods unless the load is very heavy then we might use Oak (rare), Sycamore is a hardwood and its lumber is very hard to come by.
This is the problem with common names. One common name can be the same for plants of completely different genus. That's why they use the latin launauge for nomenclature. There no misidentifying a Acer pseudoplatanus (which is a sycamore maple and what this guy is referring to) or an Platanus occidentalis (which is an american sycamore)! American sycamores are majastic wonders of north america. Sycamore maples are also invasive in north america and should be destroyed like Norway maples!!!
i have a sycamore 20 yards from my bungalow it is about 60 foot high beautiful to see it every day squirrel nuthatch and tree creepers as well as all the common birds do i live in the countryside no live about1 mile from Doncaster apart from leaves in autumn lovely
Better than a willow or a sumac or tree of heaven. One of longer living fast growing trees. Tree of heaven know that is a bad tree even willow has some use soaks up water but tree of heaven in USA is invasive Sycamore is a street tree here and yard tree
No reason to like a Sycamore, no value as timber or firewood, giant leaves to rake, falls apart in ice storms or strong winds. I think it's only redeeming value is that so many of them go hollow they make a nice den tree.
I’ve got a massive sycamore in my concord ca backyard. It provides much needed shade in the summer. In the winter, it provides me with much needed exercise when it sheds its leaves. This tree keeps me healthy!
Love sycamore trees 🌳 here in California you can find them everywhere
I have a sycamore. It sheds a little. Usually nothing more than the lawnmower can't eat right up. It grows fast, and looks nice. I still do not understand all the pooh-poohers. There is no "perfect" tree.
Been watching videos and reading comments on sycamores, and apparently morel mushrooms grow under them and bald eagles like to nest on them!
My significant other and I love the Sycamore. On the Southern landscape it provides great colour, this being that it is not only grand, and has beautiful cheery leaves, but, that it is the only white-barked tree on the Southern landscape.
We apparently adore Sycamores where I live. A nostalgic song about my state, "Back Home Again In Indiana" (sung before every Indy 500 for decades), fondly recalls Sycamores as part of the beloved memories from a childhood lived in Indiana. :
_"Back home again in Indiana_
_And it seems that I can see_
_The gleaming candlelight still shining bright_
_Thro' the sycamores for me_
_The new mown hay sends all its fragrance_
_From fields I used to roam_
_When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash_
_Then I long for my Indiana home"_
Also a college here, Indiana State University (home of USA basketball legend Larry Bird), uses "Sycamores" as their student body nickname. From Wiki: _"In January 1922, it was announced that the name Sycamores had won a popular vote of the student body. Indiana State University has used this team name ever since."_
Technically those are an unrelated species of tree-the American Sycamore
I like sycamores... I don't get how people could hate any plant/tree anyway, without them, theres no us!
If you are from the Americas Sycamore is a totally different tree then what they call Sycamore in Europe.
Here in the US Sycamore is a plane tree, in Europe it's a maple.
@@CONCERTMANchicago No, they are closely related - American Sycamore is also a type of maple.
Totally agree, we should respect and love our nature
Algee makes most oxygen.
@@FLPhotoCatcher no it’s not. Maples make up the genus Acer. American sycamore is in the genus Platanus. They aren’t even in the same order.
Sycamore trees are awesome :3
I haven't been to UK so I haven't seen it in real life, but I think they looks absolutely gorgeous. It's a tree I've always been associated with England.
I love Sycamores. They grow where I lived as a child.
An ex-landlord of mine hates sycamores because their roots cause subsidence - the trees were undermining the house. This cost many thousands of £ to fix, and led to much disruption, so I guess he has a point. They're good ornamental trees if you have lots of space (and the wherewithal to stop them taking over), but not in a small London back garden.
"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know..."
Pocahontas
Sycamores are beautiful around river bottoms once they get massive and shed their bark near the tops
ShenaniganCannon that is the american sycamore( platanus occidentalis) english sycamore( acer psudoplatanus) is actually just a species of maple
@@ajsbd3815 this video just made a whole lot more sense. Thanks
@1337dot31337 good to see someone sticking up for them!
I LOVE these trees.
Sycamores in the US are a different tree. In UK they are a kind of maple - acer. In the states they are platanus. What the UK calls the plane. Most common is the London Plane, common city tree.
Right. His tree was definitely not an american sycamore. Looked like a maple.
@@scottmeyerhoff3542 Aye, the tree in the video is a uk sycamore, acer pseudoplatanus. A lot of the comments seem to be about the plane tree, platanus, called sycamore in the US. I couldn't stop myself trying to clear this up.
memories.... used to live in west sussex for a few years, and i just couldnt believe the reasons the trains stopped - leaves on track, track too wet/cold/warm, wind blowing wrong way, engine just didnt feel like it, engine had headache, engine and one of its carriages had a spat and broke up, carriages taking industrial action, dark tunnel made carriages scared and engine claustrophobic necessitating 'medication'... so - the leaf excuse WAS true......
really good series, please keep them coming!
The leaves on the line don't have to be sycamore -- and they don't turn into a soggy mulch. The pressure between the wheel rim and the track compresses the leaf into a hard, black material rather like teflon, which is very difficult to remove, and which is extremely slippery especially which it's raining.
This video made no sense until I did a little reading on Wikipedia. What Americans call Sycamore trees are called American Planetrees in the UK, similar to the London Planetree. Why no London Plane video? I've heard they are common there. I love the massive strips of bark they shed in July leaving the trunk in a camouflage pattern.
In hungary the name is Platán
I love the Sycamore tree at the end of my garden
Sycamore's are great in forests, parks and other low traffic areas due to their high volume abscission.
@bjcorp Abscission is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed.
My road is beautifully lined with Sycamore trees and makes the whole 1 mile road look stunning.
We used to have one in our garden, it was about twice the size of the house! The leaves used to fill the pond with ick.
the best wood for chopping boards because it has a natural antibiotic, all butchers blocks were once made from sycamore. (sick no more ?)
theskip1 i think it would be american sycamore wood that you're talking about. English sycamore is actually a type of maple so it would likely split quite easily which is not ideal for a chopping board
I hate them because they put out thousands of little saplings and branches from everywhere. From chopped branches, from the bark, from the roots, etc, and they can invade several meters into your garden in a matter of months.
You cut them all back and there's twice as many back in a few months.
We have a large sycamore tree in our residential area to the rear of our back garden. I dislike the fact the trees were planted so close to our homes, they should be planted far away from houses. Nearly all my neighbours now have young tree growth from this particular sycamore tree because the neighbours didn't manage to catch the shoots in time. The helicopter seeds were blown off by the wind which buried themselves in our grass borders and between slabs then started growing. They are a nuisance as I have to go around with a bad back picking out all the saplings that have taken root which would eventually grow into a big tree if we didn't keep on top of things and were not careful.
@@Corfugirl537 Yea, I know exactly what you mean! I frequently have to pull these things from my garden, and the fuckers grow really quickly too. I was reclaiming a bit of overgrown garden recently and there were hundreds of them, and the ones that make it to about 4 feet are really tough to pull up.
@@Corfugirl537it’s worrying isn’t it. I keep finding them very close to my house.
all trees are good, period.
says the guy not overrun by Chinese tallow trees.
Cottonwood proves you wrong 😉
You don't have any trees do you haha
There was an old hollow sycamore down by the beach not far from where I live, which I was very fond of in my childhood. It's one of those things you don't forget for some reason.
Please more about trees :) . I really like to listen to him talking about them.
I love these trees here in ohio. Big and beautiful.
My High School has Sycamore in the name. Of course I love Sycamores!
In one hot period in England these trees were dripping sap and lots of of it and turning almost into a hard type of clear silicone adhesive, not great when they're hanging over car windscreens bordering a car park.
I have a 100-year-old sycamore in front of my house which is massive.. it is really a love love hate thing the only thing I really hate about the sycamore is that it loses all of its spark and sheds it all over the place other than that it's an absolute utter gem
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Stop the hate. I quite like them. They have many likable qualities and traits.
In North America, Sycamore is an entirely different tree Platanus Occidentalis. Nobody hates those trees lol. They’re some of largest, best looking trees we have! Your sycamores just look like maples
@Lleanlleawrg yes me too. was one in playground of my first school, which i revisited over xmas, and its still there unchanged after 35 years! and it was big then, so must be old.... memories...
dont forget we are coming up to the birch sap collecting piriod of the spring, us wine makers are going to be out there with our brace and bits and hose pipes and demijohns, might be worth a video, pete
V S Naipaul wrote about them in Enigma of Arrival - sycamores more sycamores...
Apparently someone did not like the Sycamore Gap tree and wanted to cut it down today.
"Everyone in England hates Sycamore" is a bit of a sweeping statement. I hate people who make dumb statements far more than I hate any tree.
they make nice guitar necks
Marcus would have a lovely time in Australia.
Ugggh...they are the worst
We should not use "hate" in scientific discussions......or in any discussion
What you call “sycamore” in the UK is from the genus Acer, so it’s a maple isn’t it? What we call a “sycamore” in the US is Platanus, but you call a plane tree.
It's a kind of maple, right?
Sycamore when windy drops an irritant similiar to insulation . Horrible when put through a chipper.
They can be highly toxic to horses, causing something called atypical myopathy and the survival rate is low. Not all trees carry the toxin and not all parts of the same tree can carry the toxin, but it's found in leaves, seeds and saplings and anyone who has sycamore near will know that the leaves and seeds can travel a long way, getting into the grass and easily being eaten by horses. That might explain some of the dislike for them.
So they hate it so much that some bloke from UK cut down the iconic Tree at Hadrian's?
Is this a sycamore or a sycamore maple
@QualityCraftsmen A Sycamore is a kind of maple. Platanus occidentalis is commonly invaded by a type of caterpillar that sheds hairs which are irritating as heck. Maybe you're thinking of that? The caterpillars are called Processional caterpillars in the Netherlands (Processie rups). Not sure if that's what you mean by those filaments you mention though. Sounds like you encountered a caterpillar "sleeping bag" which they make with shedded skins.
Platanus occidentalis is not a kind of maple.
I have 2 sycamore trees 1 in a pot and 1 in the ground they are less than 1 metre tall and when they get to 14 feet I will cut the main growth off
That’s the darn tree that throws the dust balls everywhere and causes allergies to spike up. We seem to have them everywhere in London. Wish they would grow a more allergy friendly tree
Im not allergic to anything but these things, i start sneezing all the time… and posion ivy
I LOVE all trees, case closed.
I find TONS of morel mushrooms around sycamores
According to Wikipedia, there are several unrelated tree species called sycamore. Which one is this?
Acer pseudoplatanus
I have a phobia of their leaves.
The tree in the video is a maple...
I love sycamores
After a few of these...i want more from the camera man haha
I don’t hate Sycamore. Carved (Whittled) my best spoon with it.
i like them, sure they are annoying with there constant growth but they are nice trees
I’m from England and love the sycamore
I’m told the Sycamore is host to the the largest number of lichens of any tree. Can’t be bad.
This is acer pseudoplatanus?
I love them!
I really wonder about the English hating this trees, here in Germany they are really loved.
Facinating!
in the usa, we use sycamore as a primary choice for making wooden boxes and pallets for shipping.
HA! no we don't...quit bullshitting people, my goodness, we use mostly pine and other softwoods unless the load is very heavy then we might use Oak (rare), Sycamore is a hardwood and its lumber is very hard to come by.
They are very messy. However, I am very fond of them.
So, it's not us that hate sycamore... It's the trains!
I Like them because the sound a little bit like my last name. Same with Sequoias.
well isn't that humorously narcississtic!
I love this tree
first to come into leaf and first to lose them. love playing helicopters
I like sycamore tree and I live in England 🌳🌲🌴🎄🎋🏝️🇬🇧
▓▒░ Zacchaeus must have been
real short. ░▒▓
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The sycamore summer toxic dust is a killer
I love mine in my back garden, maybe my neighbours don’t 😂 but I don’t care
I dont :( they're my favorite type of tree. To be fair, i dont live in england.
This is the problem with common names. One common name can be the same for plants of completely different genus. That's why they use the latin launauge for nomenclature. There no misidentifying a Acer pseudoplatanus (which is a sycamore maple and what this guy is referring to) or an Platanus occidentalis (which is an american sycamore)! American sycamores are majastic wonders of north america. Sycamore maples are also invasive in north america and should be destroyed like Norway maples!!!
All leaves turn into sludge
i like scamore firewood
Man this tree in the video is maple tree not sycamore
Nice looking tree though.
not everybody, i love them :)
My elemental staff of fire is made of Sycamore.
I thought sycamore is called Platanus not Acer pseudoplatanus.
sss3891 different tree
Acer psudoplatanus is just a type of maple. Platanus sycamore are the plane tree family just as commonly called sycamore
i have a sycamore 20 yards from my bungalow it is about 60 foot high beautiful to see it every day squirrel nuthatch and tree creepers as well as all the common birds do i live in the countryside no live about1 mile from Doncaster apart from leaves in autumn lovely
thank you
That's syc!
So was V for Vendetta a Sycamore?
A tree's a tree for all that.
Everyone Loves Maples & Sycamore Trees In the United States of America!!
Hi can you prune sycamores in febuary ? I always thought you could prune them year round
Best way to prune a Sycamore is with a chainsaw, at the base.
@@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim and then a stump grinder
@iToasterman it's related
I Hate People who hate Sycamores!!! 🌳🍃
Better than a willow or a sumac or tree of heaven. One of longer living fast growing trees. Tree of heaven know that is a bad tree even willow has some use soaks up water but tree of heaven in USA is invasive Sycamore is a street tree here and yard tree
Mature Sycamore is beautiful, Sycamore needs to be pruned properly whilst it's young.
yes, pruned right at the base then doused in gasoline and set ablaze.
I am here after reading Alchemist
These tree will save those people one day..
No reason to like a Sycamore, no value as timber or firewood, giant leaves to rake, falls apart in ice storms or strong winds. I think it's only redeeming value is that so many of them go hollow they make a nice den tree.
they make nice walking sticks :)