{"id":697,"date":"2013-09-05T13:32:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T20:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"sycamores-plane-trees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/sycamores-plane-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamores \/ Plane Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are only two common species in the genus\u00a0<i>Platanus<\/i>\u00a0and both are found on the Reed campus.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"childPages\"><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">American Sycamore<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Platanus occidentalis<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PLOC1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-708 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PLOC1_lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"American Sycamore\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PLOC1_lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PLOC1_lg.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAlso known as the Buttonwood, Buttonball tree, and American Planetree, this tree is native to the eastern U.S., south to northern Florida and Texas. Leaves are 3 and sometimes 5-lobed, flat medium green in summer; fall color is tan to brown. The hard wood of the American Sycamore is often used for butcher blocks. Its bark is distinctive: on older trees it peels and flakes, leaving a lighter underbark. This tree can reach enormous heights of 150 feet in its native habitat and up to 100 feet in the city. It is one parent of the London Plane tree.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/sycamores-plane-trees\/american-sycamore\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">London Plane Tree<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Platanus x acerifolia<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0127-london-plane-tree-e1409155897690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1777 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0127-london-plane-tree-e1409155897690-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0127 london plane tree\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0127-london-plane-tree-e1409155897690-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0127-london-plane-tree-e1409155897690-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0127-london-plane-tree-e1409155897690.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0126-london-plane-tree-e1409155888792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1776 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0126-london-plane-tree-e1409155888792-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0126 london plane tree\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0126-london-plane-tree-e1409155888792-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0126-london-plane-tree-e1409155888792-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0126-london-plane-tree-e1409155888792.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis tree is a hybrid between the American Sycamore (<i>Platanus occidentalis<\/i>) and the Oriental Plane Tree (<i>Platanus orientalis<\/i>). It has attractive maple-like leaves and particularly handsome bark that flakes off in green and ivory patches, although it can get rather bumpy and warty when the tree ages. A fast grower, it is a tough and versatile tree that withstands virtually any abuse and is a favorite for planting in difficult places.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/sycamores-plane-trees\/london-plane-tree\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only two common species in the genus\u00a0Platanus\u00a0and both are found on the Reed campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-697","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}