Other uses include flooring, veneer, boxes, crates, pallets and inner parts of furniture. The sycamore is of little food value to wildlife. The seedballs are utilized by squirrels and small rodents. The purple finch is the only bird that eats the seeds to a large extent. Beaver and fox squirrel feed on the bark.
Old trees are often hollow and form important nest cavities and dens.
This tree is a faster grower than most native trees, with the exception of the poplars and the silver maple. Although it is an impressive tree, its large size and the messiness of falling leaves, fruit and twigs may be a disadvantage. Its leaves are more deeply lobed and the seedballs occur in groups of 2 or 3, rather than solitary.