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London plane - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree

Platanus acerifolia

genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore

plane tree, platan, sycamore - any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

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American sycamore
genus Platanus
plane tree
platan

Platanus
Platanus acerifolia
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Walking along the tree-lined neighborhood where I had lived for nearly 20 years, I noticed a sign posted on a large London plane tree stating that it was slated to be removed.

Saving urban trees by Grant, Linda H. / American Forests

Just behind Battery Park's bustling waterfront Promenade, the Bosque is a quieter, social retreat with soft surface footpaths and undulating gardens under the canopy of mature London Plane trees--it brings back to the Harbor a feeling of natural abundance.

Bosque Gardens at the Battery debuts after $8.5m restoration by Real Estate Weekly

By the end of this year, about 3,500 London planes, Tipuana Pipus and Australian willows will be planted alongside the city's major transportation routes.

L.A. Greenway by Silkin, Steve / Los Angeles Business Journal

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