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Platanus
occidentalis |
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Sycamore, American Plane Tree,
Buttonwood |
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Eastern North America |
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Upright, broad-spreading, with massive trunk and
branches |
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75-100 feet tall with a similar
or greater spread. |
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Flowers are similar to
P.
x acerifolia. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 3
or sometimes 5 lobed, usually with a cordate
base and prominent “dog ears,” occasionally
truncate, coarsely toothed. |
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Fall color is a poor brown. |
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Buds are sub-petiolar. |
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Bark is mottled, exfoliating in
smaller plates than P. x acerifolia,
creamy white in color. |
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Fruit is similar to P. x
acerifolia, except they are borne singly
and lack the bristly hairs. |
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Susceptible to a
serious canker disease (anthracnose)
which causes a die-back of the twigs. Therefore,
in landscape situations, use
P.
x acerifolia which is smaller and
resistant to this disease. |
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