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They are often known in English as planes or plane trees. A formerly used name that is now rare is plantain tree (not to be confused with other, unrelated, species with the name ). [ 2 ] Some North American species are called sycamores (especially Platanus occidentalis ), [ 3 ] although the term is also used for several unrelated species of trees .
The London plane, or sometimes hybrid plane, Platanus × hispanica, [2] is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is often known by the synonym Platanus × acerifolia , a later name. It is a hybrid of Platanus orientalis (oriental plane) and Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).
Platanus orientalis, the Oriental plane, [2] is a large, deciduous tree of the Platanaceae family, growing to 30 m (98 ft) or more, [3] and known for its longevity and spreading crown. In autumn its deep green leaves may change to blood red, amber, and yellow.
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, western plane, [2] occidental plane, buttonwood, and water beech, [3] is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, [4] [5] and extreme southern Quebec. [6]
Platanaceae, the plane family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Proteales. The family consists of only a single extant genus Platanus, with twelve known species. [4] The plants are tall trees, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The hybrid London plane is widely planted in cities worldwide.
A tree protected the remains of a World War II fighter pilot, whose plane crashed in Germany in 1945, for more than 70 years. World War II pilot's remains found embedded in tree, returned for ...
Platanus racemosa is a species of plane tree known by several common names, including California sycamore, western sycamore, California plane tree, and in North American Spanish aliso. [1] Platanus racemosa is native to California and Baja California , where it grows in riparian areas, canyons , floodplains , at springs and seeps , and along ...
Jul. 12—A famed Alaska bush pilot's plane struck a tree while departing a remote ridgeline airstrip last month near Shaktoolik and then crashed onto the tundra, killing both people onboard, a ...