1. BOTANICAL NAME
Platanus X acerifolia

2. PRONUNCIATION
PLA - ta - nus ay –cer–ih –FO–lee- uh

3. COMMON NAME
London Plane Tree

4. FAMILY
Platanaceae

5. Lifecycle
Deciduous perennial

6. Growth Habit
Tree
Height 70’ - 100’
Width 50’ - 70’
Upright

7. ARRANGEMENT
Alternate

11. LEAF
Ovate
Length 5” - 10”
Width 5” - 10”

12. MARGIN
Lobed
Broadly serrated

13. VEINS
Palmate

14. COMPOSITION
Simple

16. TEXTURE
Coarse

17. FLOWER
Not showy

18. FRUIT
Fall
Head 1 1/2” diameter
2,3,or 6 together

19. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part shade

20. GROWTH
Rapid

21. USE
Specimen

22. DESCRIPTION
Note difference in seed head numbers (common sycamore has 1 or 2 seed heads in cluster)

23. DESCRIPTION
Bark green-gray
Inner bark is white
Bark exfoliates

24. ZONES
4 - 8

25. NATIVE OF:
A cross of P. orientalis and P. occidentalis