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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]
Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore; Platanus racemosa, the California sycamore or western sycamore; Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore; Platanus mexicana, the Mexican sycamore; In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore": Litsea reticulata or Cryptocarya glaucescens (silver sycamore)
John's River in Middle Brother National Park, New South Wales, Australia. [85] Live oak (Quercus virginiana) 51.8 170 The E. O. Hunt Oak Long Beach, Mississippi [86] American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) 51.5 169 The Lansdowne Sycamore Lansdowne, Pennsylvania [87] African Baobab (Adansonia digitata) 51.2 168 The Glencoe Tree
Platanus (/ ˈ p l æ t ə n ə s / PLAT-ən-əss [1]) is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere.They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae.
American elm (Ulmus americana) Pickaway County, Ohio, US One of the largest American elm trees recorded at 65-foot-tall (20 m) with a trunk circumference of 24 feet (7.3 m) and a crown spread of 180 feet (55 m). Weakened by Dutch elm disease, the tree died from storm damage in 1964. Mark Twain Tree: Sequoiadendron giganteum: Converse Basin ...
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In Australia, the London plane is used extensively as a street tree in major cities, particularly Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The tree is commonly used because of its resilience to warm weather, its benefits as a shade tree , resistance to breakage and tolerance of urban pollution.
Acer pseudoplatanus, known as the sycamore in the British Isles and as the sycamore maple in the United States, [3] is a species of maple native to Central Europe and Western Asia. It is a large deciduous , broad-leaved tree , tolerant of wind and coastal exposure.