London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia) is believed to be a cross between the American sycamore and the Oriental plane tree ... with handsome whitish-green bark and outstanding golden fall ...

Sycamores have smooth buff brown or pale gray-green bark. Most curbside trees are London planes, a hybrid of the native American sycamore and the oriental plane tree. The bark is shed in large ...

The London plane tree accounts for over half of our city's tree population. With such arboreal omnipresence it's easy to overlook just what a distinctive tree this is. The sight that catches at ...

Eventually, the American Sycamore and the Oriental Plane hybridized ... almost stark white inner-trunk. The London Plane sheds bark over the entire tree. The trunk and the underside of the ...

In summer they obscure the bark and create a dense shade. For this reason, the London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia), a hybrid of the American sycamore and the Oriental Plane (Platanus ...

The branches of the vast 250-year-old tree are completely unsupported An Oriental plane the size of a football pitch has been identified as the "most spreading" tree in the UK. The plane at ...