Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
Re: English Sycamore is not American Sycamore
Response To:
English Sycamore is not American Sycamore ()

Warren in Lancaster, PA
The tree the English call sycamore is Acer pseudoplatanus. When this tree is planted in the United States we call it sycamore maple. It is in the maple genus, not the plane tree genus. Some English know to be careful when talking to an American audience and some do not.

The hardness of sycamore maple is slightly more than most of our soft maples (Acer rubra and others).

© 1998 - 2017 by Ellis Walentine. All rights reserved.
No parts of this web site may be reproduced in any form or by
any means without the written permission of the publisher.

WOODCENTRAL, P.O. BOX 493, SPRINGTOWN, PA 18081