The sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) is a tree species from the kind of the maples (Acer). The sycamore is in Europe forest-structurally an important representative of its kind.

Description

As to over thirty meters high tree with rising branches and a rounded off crown he possesses an impressive shape as It can become years old up to 400.

The crust is light brown grey and smooth. It changes itself with the age in the dark grey, becomes schwachborkig and peels at the advanced age plattig. The appearance of the trunk is then plane tree similar. Whereupon also the botanische name Acer refers to pseudoplatanus. The against-constant sheets are fnflappig and sawed at the edge unequally roughly (doubles sawed). They become long and to approximately 15 cm broad to approx. 20 cm. On the top side they are dark-green, unterseits more brightly colored and on the veins and in the nerve angles easily behaart. The often red Blattstiel can become long to approx. 20 cm and leads Milchsaft.Die blooms is partially scheinzwittrig, yellowish green with five-tough leagues petal circles, in finalconstant grape-like, hanging Rispen. The sycamore flowers in May with leaves-drove out or immediately after it. The fruits are gap fruits, with two wings which are away in the pointed angle. They are typical screw fliers with approx. 16 revolutions per second.

The sycamore is very like the pointed maple in the youth. Growth diminishes on average locations however already relatively early, so that they will over-grow in the consequence caught up by the red beech and.

Occurrence

The sycamore is a tree of the coolingdamp mountain climate, so that it finds its largest spreading in the middle and higher situations south and to Central European mountains. In Northern Europe and on the British islands there are no natural occurrences of the sycamore, it however often is cultivated and comes then also verwildert forwards.

In the low mountain ranges he is from approximately 900 to 1,300 m domestic (Bavarian forest), it goes in the north alps to 1,700 m, in the central alps to nearly 2,000 m highly. The sycamore rises often together with the bird berry into hochmontane situations. Together with the beech it occurs in addition, in the hill country and forms with ash and mountain elm tree the so-called ravine forests (Aceri Fraxinetum).

The sycamore is the kind of maple most frequent in Central Europe.

Ecology

Forest-structurally the sycamore apart from the high value achievement existing on suitable locations serves the soil improvement and ecological enriching also as valuable mixing tree species. The strong, heart root developed from bypass of the stake root opens the soil well. It goes into the depth, without branching out further. The sheets of all maples rot to bodenpfleglichem Mull. Sycamore tapers itself in natural way very well. As pioneer tree species it can open raw soils, dumps and by its already early using, numerous Fruktifikation also somewhat poorer soils.

Use

The sycamore has a activities time of 120-140 years in forestry.

The bleeding juice of the early spring was used in former times for Zuckergewinnung. The juice knows also to one most or wine-similar beverage fermented to become.

Leaves can as sheep and goat fodder and as if strew to be used.

The wood of this kind is good utilizable wood for carpenter and Drechslerarbeiten (tool handles, etc.). Already the stake farmer of the stone and Bronzezeit used it frequently. A special use is for the building of caper instruments.

At roads the sycamore offers to relatively good noise protection because of the large sheets, is however sensitive to thawing salt.

The blooms represent a productive Nektarquelle, which is gladly used by honey bees in the spring. The honey, usually mixed with dandelion, won from it, is from exzellenter quality.

Diseases

An illness frequently which can be observed particularly in cities is the infestation with Rhytisma acerinum, the tar stain illness. This illness does not kill the tree however.

Other

"„The maple soils in such a way specified "“on Almwiesen resulted from promotion of the kind by humans.

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