London plane

Adress

GPS coordinates :

50.8598 , 4.3163

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Identity

Latin name :

Platanus x hispanica

French name :

Platane à feuille d’érable

Dutch name :

Gewone plataan

English name :

London plane

Family :

Platanaceae

Height :

Targeted height :

This species can grow up to 40 m

Diameter of the crown :

Trunk circumference :

Expected circumference :

800 cm

Expected longevity :

Can live for 300–500 years

Origin / Indigenous

Crossed in Spain or southern France around 1650

Favorite soil :

light, fresh, fertile

Favorite climate

Temperate warm, but also temperate fresh

Enhances the landscape :

Enhances the biodiversity :

Provide oxygen :

Purify the air :

Filter the water :

Prevents flooding :

Stores carbon :

Softens the climate :

Limits soil erosion :

Does good, heals :

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