Exclamation Planetree (Sycamore)

Platanus x acerifolia ‘Morton Circle’

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Characteristics:
A durable and adaptable shade tree known for the showy puzzle piece-like olive/cream bark. Dark green maple-like leaves that fade to yellow in the fall.The Exclamation Planetree shows resistance to frost cracking (trunk damage from cold weather) and anthracnose (a common fungal disease of shade trees).

Growing Conditions:
Will grow well in most soils but prefers deep, rich, and moist but well-draining conditions. Adaptable and tolerant of urban environments.

Uses:
Will tolerate some drought. An adaptable urban tree - very tolerant of air pollution.

Height:
50' at maturity

Width:
40' at maturity

Shape:
Tightly pyramidal when young; develops a spreading canopy when mature. Strong central leader.

Flowers:

Leaves:
Dark green maple-like leaves fade to yellow in the fall.

Bark:
Olive-green to creamy, exfoliating/flakey, puzzle piece-shaped bark.

More Information:
"London planes are phenomenally sturdy street trees – they’re called “London planes” because they are and were so common throughout London, and while yes this is due to their attractiveness, it’s also because they were able to grow in the soot filled air of 19th century cities, and so became exceedingly popular, especially in London with its thick industrial era atmosphere.

The London Plane is of hybrid origin – it is the offspring of two different species, the American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) and the Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis), and it is a tree that did not exist prior to European colonization of the new world.

Before then, American sycamores and Oriental planes were kept separate by an ocean (the Atlantic if you’re going east from the US, or the Pacific if you want to go all the way around the other way), and they didn’t come together until the 17th century, when ... a botanist and gardener ... came to the colonies in the early part of that century and in 1636 took the American sycamore to England."

Source: https://growinghistory.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/london-planes-and-american-sycamores/