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Platanus x
acerifolia |
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London Plane Tree |
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Hybrid Origin |
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Upright,
broad-spreading, with massive straight trunk and
heavy branches. |
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70-100 feet tall with a spread of 65-80 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Flowers are in dense, globular
heads, not showy |
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Leaves are
alternate, simple, 5-10 inches wide, 3-5 lobed,
with a truncate or cordate base, very 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 large plates, olive-green to
cream in color. |
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Fruit is a rounded,
syncarp of achenes, 1 inch cross, usually in
pairs (occasionally single or in threes), with
bristly hairs projecting out, ripening in October |
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- 'Bloodgood' -
Bloodgood London Planetree - cross between the
American sycamore and the Oriental plane
tree - highly resistant to
anthracnose.
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