Spokane's Heritage Tree Register calls this sycamore maple a candidate for the state size record: 56 feet tall, plain green leaves, standing in Chief Garry Park on its own, away from any of this page's other clusters. It is not the only large sycamore maple in Spokane's tree records. A 2012 survey by historian Laura Arksey separately names a variegated sycamore maple, its leaves patched cream rather than plain green, at the former Amasa B. Campbell estate in Browne's Addition, and calls that one the largest of its particular form in the state. The two are different trees in different neighbourhoods; the register entry for this one records no variegation, so the two should not be merged into one. Sycamore maple is a European species, planted across American cities for its tolerance of poor soil and city air rather than for its looks. A 56-foot specimen large enough to be named a state size candidate is a fair reason to detour through a park most visitors would otherwise skip. Only the register has measured it, and no second source has confirmed the figures or the ranking. If you know its girth or its age, tell us.
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Getting there
Chief Garry Park, Spokane, Washington
You can recognise it by size and plain green leaves: a sycamore maple standing 56 feet tall, among the larger trees in Chief Garry Park. A different, variegated sycamore maple recorded elsewhere in the city is not this tree.
Chief Garry Park, East Central Spokane, on its own away from this page's other clusters; car or city bus.
In fruit
September to October: winged seeds that spin down in pairs
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Sources
Where the facts on this page come from. The story was written with AI from these sources, and readers who know the tree correct it.
- In the official register: Spokane Heritage Tree Register (City of Spokane Urban Forestry), no. OBJECTID 396, CityandCountyHistoricProp FeatureServer layer 1
- Spokane Heritage Tree Register (services.arcgis.com/3PDwyTturHqnGCu0/arcgis/rest/services/CityandCountyHistoricProp/FeatureServer/1)
- historylink.org
- my.spokanecity.org
- services.arcgis.com