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Kent number: | 99/1/4 |
BRC number: | 920000005 |
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Common names: | Sycamore (English) |
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Status: | Neophyte |
BSBI Species Code: | A1 |
Description: |
Deciduous tree to 30 m with glabrous branchlets. Milky latex absent. Leaves 5-lobed; petiole often red; lamina large (7-15 cm), lobes acute, coarsely serrate. Flowers numerous, in pendulous panicles, appearing with the leaves. Fruits glabrous, with wings spreading at at an angle of c. 90 degrees. |
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Habitat: | In woods and hedgerows. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 490 m |
Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
Worldwide distribution: | |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 26 July 2008 |
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