Mine Is Bigger Than Yours…
Recently Em over at Notes From My Corner had a post about what he called a gigantic leaf in his yard. From his comments, I assume the tree was unknown to him and not a permanent resident of his New England property. Being familiar with sycamores all my life because they grow wild around the South, and actually having a small one of about 40 feet in my back yard, I promised myself to show Em what a real sycamore leaf looks like. As you can see from the yard stick laid across it, this baby is about 13 inches across. Unless Em has extremely large hands (shown in the photo on his post), this one dwarfs his nice specimen.
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And size does matter! Think of all the oxygen that leaf sent into our air during its life. I hear that a plant only produces enough oxygen during its life to oxidize itself upon dying (I suppose deciduous trees withdraw from that account every autumn).
I’m not worthy! LOL Winston, that is an awesome speciman. I do not have freakishly large hands, so your leaf surely dwarfs mine. Thanks for sharing. I am both amazed and informed!