Bryan Tyler Nelson			SYCAMORE
		SYCAMORE - (Platanus occidentalis) Sycamore is a fine, pale brown, even-textured wood that is usually straight-grained. The grain close up has an interesting scale-like pattern and when quarter-sawn produces a beautiful ribbon pattern. In order to be stable this wood must be quarter sawn.       Sycamore is the second largest hardwood tree in North America (next to the Tulip Tree) sycamore trees are often left to grow to full maturity because the wood is very difficult to split for firewood and most sawmills don’t quarter saw.    Sycamores prefer rich, wet soil and gather in the bottoms of valleys along creeks and lakes. A very ancient species, sycamore is known as the “ghost” of the forest due to it’s bright white bark and unique looks.
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