Scientific Name
Platanus
Common Name
American plane tree

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves palmately lobed*
- Slender acuminate projections*
- Petiole base swollen*
Persistent broad stipules**
- Petiole surrounds bud**
Fruits fuse
- Globular "gumball"**
- Fruit with beak*
- Weakly prickly
- Fruit shreads at maturity

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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