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| leaves | the leaves of sycamore can be quite large! Do you see the stipules at the base of each leaf? The two stipules are fused into a sheathing leaflike structure that surrounds the stem. |
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| leaf underside--what kind of venation and leaf margin are present in this species? | bark--in a given sycamore tree you can usually two types of bark. One looks like relatively "normal" tree bark (above). However, younger bark is very different... |
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| ...the younger bark is often tricolored (green, white, and brown)! | fruits--this ball is made up of hundreds of individual fruits, all closely packed together (this is called an infructescence) |
