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Platanus occidentalis L., Sp. Pl. 999 1753. (syn: Platanus excelsa Salisb.; Platanus hispanica var. pyramidalis Vigouroux ex Geerinck; Platanus integrifolia hort. ex K.Koch; Platanus lobata Moench; Platanus occidentalis var. glabrata (Fernald) Sarg.; Platanus occidentalis var. palmeri (Kuntze) K.Nixon & J.Poole
ex D.Geerinck; Platanus orientalis var. palmeri Kuntze; Platanus pyramidalis hort. ex Dippel); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Ontario), Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi), China (I) (Henan (I), Hebei (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Shanxi (I), Nei Mongol (I)), Ecuador (I), European Russia (I), Korea (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Tajikistan (I), Slovakia (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
Tree For ID : California : 25OCT14 : AK-32 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)
Tree seen in Sacramento on the 7th Oct,14.
A large tree with round fruits.
Could be Platanus Species?
Platanus acerifolia ? I think it is Platanus occidentalis only. yes Platanus occidentalis: head usually 1, distal sinus less than 1/2 the distance from base of sinus. I appreciate your help in identifying my posts from California.
Since they are all new to me, no way I could have identified them on my own.
Platanus occidentalis: American Sycamore : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
It is Platanus occidentalis (American Sycamore) growing in the Botanical Garden of Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan H.P.).
Plant height: Approx. 20m Photographed on 12 Dec., 2014. I think yes Crucial difference in addition to tougher less lobed leaves are a single fruit ball, not clusters
good
now it will have a place of its own… and later you could show the bare branches spring etc.
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