If you have been in any of our parks, green spaces or near the water, and noticed leaves all over the ground, almost like it’s fall, chances are it’s due to sycamore anthracnose. This disease has hit ...

Q: We are curious to know the identity of a tree we saw in a park, surviving the Southwest climate that has leaves that look like a maple and a round spiky seed pod. Can you tell us?

Leaves – deciduous, simple, 3-5 shallow lobes, sinuses and margins are serrated, petioles are enlarged at base to enclose bud, stipules are leaflike. Twigs – leaf scar surrounds bud, stipule scar ...

The grand rows of mature sycamores that thread among vintage English cottages and Tudor homes of Yalecrest help define the east-side neighborhood’s historic character. Some of those green elders are ...

In some cases, a tree’s common name is from its primary autumn leaf color, like red maple, and yellow poplar, according to Treehugger. The most common colors of leaves in the fall are red, yellow, and ...

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