It is a tall, stately tree with a straight, thick, regular trunk and a broad, strongly arched crown. When the trees grow in dense stands, the trunk is cleared of branches to a height of several meters. Trees growing singly are usually deeply branched. The crown of the sycamore is broad, obovate or spherical, domed, fairly densely branched. The branches are thick and robust, relatively straight and usually rise steeply.
