{"id":1573,"date":"2022-03-08T13:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/?post_type=cpt_trees&#038;p=1573"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:25:40","slug":"sycamore-2","status":"publish","type":"cpt_trees","link":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/trees\/sycamore-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/110A_Sycamore_MLK.jpg\" alt=\"110a Sycamore Mlk\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/110A_Sycamore_MLK.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/110A_Sycamore_MLK-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Quarryville Elementary School,\u00a0 211 South Hess Street, Quarryville PA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This tree is a certified direct descendant of the sycamore under which Martin Luther King Jr. gathered with 3,200 supporters at Brown Chapel in Selma AL on March 20, 1965. The nonviolent demonstrators then marched 54 miles over five days to the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, by which time their ranks had swollen to 25,000 (photo below is from\u00a0<em>expressnews.com).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThe Q-Elementary tree, planted in 1999, is unusual because the school is permitting it to grow as a multi-stem tree. \u00a0Multi-stem Sycamores are common in nature but rare in cultivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This amazing species lives so long that a famous old\u00a0sycamore, still living today, provided shade to General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette on September 6, 1777 while they spoke of troop deployments before the ill-fated Battle of Brandywine (last photo).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u200b<\/em>[Last photo is from &#8220;Brandeywine Valley Trees&#8221; by Steven Renzi,\u00a0<em>The Hunt Magazine,<\/em>\u00a0Nov. 3, 2016]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"583\" data-id=\"1578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908 Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908_mv2.jpg 583w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908_mv2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908_mv2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_401801b73ad24aeeaeccb4929b164908_mv2-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"444\" data-id=\"1576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_3fa9b4d6135d4e829a7a96c0acdd94fc_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 3fa9b4d6135d4e829a7a96c0acdd94fc Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_3fa9b4d6135d4e829a7a96c0acdd94fc_mv2.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_3fa9b4d6135d4e829a7a96c0acdd94fc_mv2-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"359\" data-id=\"1577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_1ddd3a7afbd5447c87070d855ae20b8d_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 1ddd3a7afbd5447c87070d855ae20b8d Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_1ddd3a7afbd5447c87070d855ae20b8d_mv2.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_1ddd3a7afbd5447c87070d855ae20b8d_mv2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"321\" data-id=\"1575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_f9cb5232cdd6447abeb38fede1150b49_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 F9cb5232cdd6447abeb38fede1150b49 Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_f9cb5232cdd6447abeb38fede1150b49_mv2.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_f9cb5232cdd6447abeb38fede1150b49_mv2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"1579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_6bf2b7f389674e00aa601bcbf674a75e_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 6bf2b7f389674e00aa601bcbf674a75e Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_6bf2b7f389674e00aa601bcbf674a75e_mv2.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_6bf2b7f389674e00aa601bcbf674a75e_mv2-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Scott Peiffer, Kathleen Hood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1574,"template":"","tax_tree-categories":[15],"acf":{"scientific_name":"Platanus occidentalis"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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