Arizona
SycamoreArizona
SycamoreThis deciduous tree grows fast to 40 feet tall with a 60 to 70 foot spread. It has maple-like leaves that are fuzzy on the top and bottom. It can be found along deep washes in the higher elevations of the middle zone. It is multi-trunked with lower spreading branches.
Hardy to about 10F. Early new growth is damaged at about 26F.
A riparian tree, it needs moderate water and deep waterings in summer. Although a native, it is not as drought tolerant as other native plants. Leaves will dry around edges in midsummer without sufficient water.
Full sun to reflected sun. Intolerant of shade.
Needs deep, loose soil. Will not do well in any other type of soil.
Seasonal. Considerable cleanup of leaf drop.
May get chlorosis in lawn situations. Sometimes attacked by spider mites or leaf miners. Sometimes a host to a foliage blight called anthracnose that causes intermittent leaf drop through the growing season.
Inconspicuous green flowers appear in March to April.
Fruit
or SeedsBristly seed balls appear in a chain of three or more.
A common riparian tree that lends a wonderfully aromatic smell to creek and river atmosphere.
Native of Arizona and New Mexico as well as Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Member of the Platanaceae family.
Platanus racemos, California Sycamore, grows larger and is not as heat tolerant.
Native, Desert Grassland, Desert, Desert Transitional.