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Platanus occidentalis L. 1753
Platanaceae
(APG IV)American sycamore, American plane tree, buttonball tree
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Southeastern North America
Platanus occidentalis L. - Accepted: Platanus occidentalis L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Platanaceae (APG III)Platanus occidentalis L. - Accepted: Platanus occidentalis L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Platanaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious species; flowers in pendulous spherical capitate inflorescences
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- fruit is a brown aggregate fruit of achenes (nutlets)
- Fruit ecology
- wind- and water-dispersed (anemochorous and hydrochorous)
- Soil conditions
- preferentially on moist, nutrient-rich alluvial soils or sandy loams
- Root type
- forms strongly branched root systems
- Succession type
- pioneer species
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- stream banks, river floodplains, bottomland forests, elm-ash-cottonwood forests, cottonwood-willow woodlands, shallow swamps, disturbed sites
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic deciduous forests
- Constraints according radiation (light)
- intolerant of shade
- Constraints according habitat
- very susceptible to ozone damage
- Life span
- long-lived species (over 250 years)
- Usage
- the wood is used for furniture, interior trim, panelling, boxes, pulp, particle and fibre boards, and to some extent as fuelwood
- Bark
- grey bark
Global Biodiversity Information Facilty (GBIF). Online Publication: www.gbif.org; Sullivan, J. (1994): Platanus occidentalis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/plaocc/all.html;
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Taxonomic update: Database method on: 25.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 6.2.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.| Sex | Standort | Accession number | Planting year | Donation | IPEN | Lat. | Long. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parzelle S | LG-S-069-18777 | 2008 | + | XX-0-HOH-LG-S-069-18777 | 48,707337 | 9,211115 |