Platanus occidentalis

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Platanus occidentalis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Platanus occidentalis, Linn. Buttonwood. Buttonball. American Plane-tree. Also wrongly called Sycamore. Fig. 3063. Large tree, attaining 130 or occasionally 170 ft., with a round-topped oblong or broad head and with a trunk 10 ft. or exceptionally more in diam., often of considerable height: bark of limb and branches of very light often almost creamy white color, at the base of the trunks dark brown, fissured: stipules large, with toothed margin: lvs. as broad or broader than long, truncate or cordate, rarely cuneate at the base, usually 3-, sometimes 5-lobed, with shallow sinuses; lobes shorter than broad, coarsely toothed or entire, floccose-tomentose when young, at maturity only pubescent on the veins beneath, 4-9 in. broad: fr.-heads solitary, rarely in 2's, on 3-6-in.-long peduncles, about 1 in. across or more, comparatively smooth at length; nutlets with obtuse apex, with the rest of the style 1/16in. long or shorter. May. Maine to Ont. and Minn., south to Fla. and Texas. S.S. 7:326, 327. G.F. 2:354, 355; 9:55. Em. 1:261, 263. Gng. 4:343. Mn. 3, p. 69; 5, pp. 205,209.—The most massive and perhaps the tallest of all deciduous trees of N. Amer. and an excellent street and park tree where it is not injured by fungous diseases. A doubtful variety is var. hispanica, Wesmael (P. hispanica, Lodd.). Lvs. large, 3-5-lobed, with very shallow sinuses, coarsely toothed, usually cordate at the base. Gn.l, p. 588; 20, p. 370.—The P. densicoma, Dode (B.S.D. 1908:68), described as having usually truncate or broadly cuneate lvs. and 1-3 heads with acutish nutlets is probably not different from P. occidentalis or may belong to P. acerifolia. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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