Got bogged down with various and sundry items earlier this week and missed my regular post. I’ll do my penance by taking Linda’s spot on the Friday quiz while she heads out for a cross country meet (her son’s, not hers).
The photo below was sent to me this week by a homeowner in Grosse Pointe, MI. Two part question: 1) What is it? (not that hard) 2) How did it get so freakin’ big?
It looks like a Sycamore leaf to me. I’ve seen old trees whose leaves are that big. They are amazing.
Most definitely Sycamore, more than likely Platanous orientalis?
Very good growing season?
Sycamore, also… but as to the size? Might be a trick: it looks sort of like if three of the leaves somehow… fused together?
I’m probably wrong. ^^
OK, Sycamore. Leaf is from a sprout, from a stump of a recently cut down tree.
Is it a type of fasciation like when dandelion stems fuse together?
I’ve seen Tilia americana leaves get absolutely huge like that in deep shade during a season with a lot of rain. (Like this year) If MI got the same amount of rain we got here in WI that would be a plausible explanation.
I agree with VG. Hardwoods are notorious for stump sprouting and if the tree is in the understory the leaves can be massive.