Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore) Beginner Plants This native is an adaptable

This native is an adaptable cool season clumping grass commonly found in wet prairies and sedge meadows

moths and other pollinators

grows at a fast rate

it is a beneficial native plant

It is not without its problems though

Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore) Beginner Plants This native is an adaptablePlatanus occidentalis (Sycamore) is a charming tree with its huge leaves and its brown bark giving way to a white mottled bark towards the top. An excellent tree for medium to wet soils that grow fast and lives to be up to 250 years! A common landscaping tree of parks it also works well in yards where you have the room to let this tree thrive. Commonly found in wet floodplains, swamps, and wet forests in natural areas in Illinois. Sun Exposure Prairie