American sycamore

Native

Platanus occidentalis

Plane tree (Platanaceae) · Other broadleaf · 80–120 ft

Knowing it

White upper bark peeling in patches, huge leaves and dangling seed balls. Creek and river bottoms statewide; among the largest trees in the state.

Moderately strong but massive, with big horizontal limbs over whatever is below. Anthracnose defoliates it in wet springs but rarely kills it.

From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.