Directory of Platanus occidentalis Resources

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This species is native to eastern United States, and is called the sycamore in North America, also sometimes called the western, American, or Occidental plane.

Resources in This Category

• American Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

  http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek001208.html
  Description and photos.

• Platanus occidentalis

  http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/plaocc/all.html
  Common names: American sycamore, plane tree, or buttonball tree. Species information including distribution, use, characteristics, ecology.

• Platanus occidentalis

  http://www.aranya.co.uk/planes/text/occidentalis.html
  Descriptions of features and a photograph of a leaf.

• Platanus occidentalis L

  http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/platanus/occidentalis.htm
  Detailed description of the tree, its range, lifecycle, usage for forestry, and genetics.

• Platanus occidentalis: American Sycamore

  http://www.dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=36
  Tree identification fact sheet with photos of the leaf, flower, fruit, twig, bark and form.

 

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