During my neighborhood walks, I pass this American sycamore tree. These majestic deciduous trees grow more than 100 feet high and are usually planted as shade or specimen trees but should not be planted close to your home.

The tree is currently covered with round seed balls, similar in size to sweetgum balls on the bottom of the following photo, that will drop in the spring. Be cautious handling them.

Sycamore trees are easy to identify because of the bark that peels away. Eastern woodland native people used Sycamores to make canoes.

Leaves that I saved and pressed last fall: