Platanus occidentalis

Platanaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Tall Tree (Canopy)

75 - 100ft

75 - 100ft

Green, Yellow

Achene (dry, flat seed); Brown

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Loamy, Sandy

Moist, Wet

April - June

yellow

alluvial soils of river bottoms & lake shores

leafs out late spring; showy bark; leaves may persist into winter; Wood used for furniture, boxes, pulpwood and butchers' blocks; important to wildlife; many song birds and game birds feed on the seeds; rodents, including squirrels and rabbits, eat seeds, bark and leaves; the white-tailed deer browse the twigs and needle