Love trees, and think you can identify many right? But who knew about the London Plane Tree? It seems there are many planted in cities around Ontario.
Seems Team Canada's NEW HOCKEY JERSEY LOGO might be an embarrassing mix-up, but it could teach a lot of people more about Maples, Sycamores and London Plane Trees....
The London plane-tree grows to a height of 70- 100 feet...straight trunk and large crown and are planted on many Ontario streets.
"London plane-tree leaves are similar to maple leaves because they are both palmately lobed."
However all sycamores, including London plane-trees have alternate branch and leaf arrangement, while all maples have opposite branching.
Sycamores have 3 main veins while maples such as Norway and sugar have 5 or 7 main veins.
In sycamores, the leaf stalk encloses and hides the bud on the twig, while in maples, the bud is visible in a groove at the base of the leaf stalk. Sycamores bear round fruit clusters while maples produce winged keys (samaras)."
London Plane Trees have a "tolerance of urban conditions such as pollution, grime, salt and high pH soils led to it being very widely planted as a street tree however the incidence of disease ... has reduced the frequency of planting in recent years"
Above information and more is available here
www.canadiantreetours.org/species-pages/London_plane-tree.html#facts
Seems Team Canada's NEW HOCKEY JERSEY LOGO might be an embarrassing mix-up, but it could teach a lot of people more about Maples, Sycamores and London Plane Trees....
The London plane-tree grows to a height of 70- 100 feet...straight trunk and large crown and are planted on many Ontario streets.
"London plane-tree leaves are similar to maple leaves because they are both palmately lobed."
However all sycamores, including London plane-trees have alternate branch and leaf arrangement, while all maples have opposite branching.
Sycamores have 3 main veins while maples such as Norway and sugar have 5 or 7 main veins.
In sycamores, the leaf stalk encloses and hides the bud on the twig, while in maples, the bud is visible in a groove at the base of the leaf stalk. Sycamores bear round fruit clusters while maples produce winged keys (samaras)."
London Plane Trees have a "tolerance of urban conditions such as pollution, grime, salt and high pH soils led to it being very widely planted as a street tree however the incidence of disease ... has reduced the frequency of planting in recent years"
Above information and more is available here
www.canadiantreetours.org/species-pages/London_plane-tree.html#facts