The American sycamore has several other common names: American planetree, buttonwood, buttonball, and buttonball-tree. This tree is fast-growing and thrives in the lowlands and old fields in the ...

When Konig rushed to the tree on a winter afternoon last year, he saw flames and smoke shooting from those holes. What’s happened since The fire was reported about 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 by a ...