If winds reach 33 m/s (64 kt, 74 mph), then they are called:  1 hurricane (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E)  2 typhoon (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline)
American Sycamore. Native to rich, moist soils of Eastern North America, the American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is also called American plane tree, buttonball or buttonwood. It generally grows to 100 feet tall, but can reach 150 to 170 feet high.
Bark Characteristics. Sycamore trees begin as pale, smooth-barked saplings. As the tree grows, the thickening bark flakes off in small- to palm-sized patches, revealing light-green bark that fades to a creamy, off-white. Mature trees have rough, deep gray-brown bark on their trunks, while the thinner upper limbs keep their flaking bark.