Is this a eucalyptus? I wondered at first if it was sycamore; those are the trees here that will ‘show silver’ when the wind is right. Many people think of their silver leaves as a sign of rain.
Yes; I learned it as Eucalyptus pulverulenta, but the younger generation learned it as Eucalyptus cinerea. It was labeled as Eucalyptus cinerea, which I learned as a much smaller and shrubby tree, which is why I put this where it should not be. Anyway, I am certain that I learned it correctly, and that everyone afterward learned it wrongly.
How would a sycamore turn silver while defoliated for winter? I suspect that rain is not so limited to winter there.
Oh — the sycamore leaf-turning phenomenon appears only when the tree still is fully or partially leaved. In winter, the only white it shows is its bark.
Tony Tomeo 
Is this a eucalyptus? I wondered at first if it was sycamore; those are the trees here that will ‘show silver’ when the wind is right. Many people think of their silver leaves as a sign of rain.
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Yes; I learned it as Eucalyptus pulverulenta, but the younger generation learned it as Eucalyptus cinerea. It was labeled as Eucalyptus cinerea, which I learned as a much smaller and shrubby tree, which is why I put this where it should not be. Anyway, I am certain that I learned it correctly, and that everyone afterward learned it wrongly.
How would a sycamore turn silver while defoliated for winter? I suspect that rain is not so limited to winter there.
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Oh — the sycamore leaf-turning phenomenon appears only when the tree still is fully or partially leaved. In winter, the only white it shows is its bark.
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