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.
Yes, the laurel leaf and the bay leaf are the same thing. Bay leaves come from an ancient Mediterranean tree called the bay laurel tree or Laurus nobilis, from the family Lauraceae. Besides bay leaves, laurel leaves, or bay laurel, they are also sometimes called sweet bay or true laurel. Spanish speakers call them laurel and in Italian they are alloro.