People will always find a way to disappoint you.

[Woocash]

Woah, hey now. Just like to point out “ours” was likely known as a sycamore long before America was even a country. Shakespeare refers to Romeo walking among sycamores. (I realise in Italy, but still a. Pseudoplatanus) Most likely explanation was that European settlers named the American one after the European one due to the resemblance.

The Latin has nought to do with the common name, as Linnaeus named it sometime in the 1750’s or so, 200 odd years after Shakespeare Etc. Just saying

The tree that was chopped down is older than the USA as it is now known for that matter…

 

[NaoTK]

Woah, hey now. Just like to point out “ours” was likely known as a sycamore long before America was even a country. Shakespeare refers to Romeo walking among sycamores. (I realise in Italy, but still a. Pseudoplatanus) Most likely explanation was that European settlers named the American one after the European one due to the resemblance.

The Latin has nought to do with the common name, as Linnaeus named it sometime in the 1750’s or so, 200 odd years after Shakespeare Etc. Just saying

The tree that was chopped down is older than the USA as it is now known for that matter…

No there is a Platanus species in Europe, orientalis. Europeans calling mulberries and fig sycamore as well. So who knows what Shakespeare was referring to. The beast with two trunks

 

[snowman04]

They call a trunk a boot! WTF??? They were here first so they can call it what they"bloody hell" want...

 

[Woocash]

No there is a Platanus species in Europe, orientalis. Europeans calling mulberries and fig sycamore as well. So who knows what Shakespeare was referring to. The beast with two trunks

Yea, you’re probably right. No doubt, America wins (again). It’d just be weird for the pilgrims to land on a strange land and say, “Hey, that looks like the sycamore like we have in Plymouth”. Or for Shakespeare to refer to trees he sees out of his kitchen window. Silly Brits, eh? Never mind.

 

[rockm]

Woah, hey now. Just like to point out “ours” was likely known as a sycamore long before America was even a country. Shakespeare refers to Romeo walking among sycamores. (I realise in Italy, but still a. Pseudoplatanus) Most likely explanation was that European settlers named the American one after the European one due to the resemblance.

The Latin has nought to do with the common name, as Linnaeus named it sometime in the 1750’s or so, 200 odd years after Shakespeare Etc. Just saying

The tree that was chopped down is older than the USA as it is now known for that matter…

Tree was younger than the U.S.
"General manager Andrew Poad said the sycamore had been 'an important and iconic feature in the landscape for nearly 200 years'".

The US is 247 years old.

 

[badatusernames]

Bonsai trees worth $1,500 stolen from Michigan Medicine student

The student is also a volunteer at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor and was preparing the trees for a national competition.

www.mlive.com

From the article. After looking at the tree in the photo... hm

“This was going to be my first entry ever into the national show,” Peres said. “And Jack and I were putting this composition together. They were then just taken from me.”

 

[NaoTK]

I think we can all just agree and call these cedar maples

 

[Woocash]

Tree was younger than the U.S.
"General manager Andrew Poad said the sycamore had been 'an important and iconic feature in the landscape for nearly 200 years'".

The US is 247 years old.

Ah BBC news said it was 300 years old. Maybe it took a hundred years to become iconic!

 

[Woocash]

I think we can all just agree and call these cedar maples

Yes we could do with a few cedar maples over here to boost the species list. Now to find something to call a maple cedar…