AMERICAN SYCAMORE (PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS)
Height: 50-65 feet
Width: 30-40 feet
Foliage: Large & green
Fall Colors: Yellow-Bronze
Growth Rate: Fast
Soil: Widely Adaptable, prefers acidic loamy soils, moist sandy soils and well-drained clay soils
Description: The American Sycamore is a great Michigan native shade tree. It has massive leaves during the summer that can be as large as dinner platters. Its bark is also very unique, as the tree ages flakes of bark fall off in great irregular masses, leaving the surface a smooth greenish-white color.