File:Webster Sycamore Webster Springs WV 1955.jpg

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Description	A photograph (c. 1955) of the Webster Sycamore (alternatively known as the Webster Springs Sycamore and the Big Sycamore Tree), which was an American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Long recognized for its size, the Webster Sycamore was the largest living American sycamore tree in West Virginia until its felling in 2010. The tree stood approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Webster Springs in Webster County, in a moist flood plain along the banks of the Back Fork Elk River, a tributary stream of the Elk River.
Author or copyright owner	Castanea, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Gillespie, W. H. (June 1955). "Notes and News". Castanea. 20 (2). Morgantown, West Virginia: Southern Appalachian Botanical Society: 71–73. ISSN 1938-4386. JSTOR 4031827. OCLC 57659851.
Date of publication	c. 1955
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Webster Sycamore
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work. This image illustrated the scale of the tree with the four men standing it the base of its trunk.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free media is available of better quality, that demonstrate the tree's large scale with the four men standing at the base of its trunk.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This file will only be used for the illustration of the Webster Sycamore in this article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
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