#platanus

[cedar-glade]

American sycamore, "lucy braun sycamore" Fort Hill SNP, Adams co. OHIO. 110 ft tall, single stem, 95 dbh , Jaden for scale. Platanus occidentalis

[careful-disorder]

Vincent van Gogh, Large Plane Trees - Wikiart

[nora-yoko]

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The floorboards creak under my feet and move, the wood of the windowsill clicks under my hands, and outside, next to the pathway, even the broken and crumbling trunk of a lime tree is putting out fat brown buds – in a few weeks it will have silky green leaves, just like the broad-sweeping branches of the plane tree that overshadows it.

"The Way Back" - Erich Maria Remarque

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[drhoz]

#1872 - Muellerina eucalyptoides - Creeping Mistletoe

I was in Melbourne for most of the last week, which wasn’t ideal for spotting new species since I barely left the CBD the entire time. That said, I did spot these mistletoes growing in the London Plane trees along Flinders Street outside our apartment, which was quite surprising - I’ve never seen native mistletoes growing on exotic trees before, and actually getting established on the trees seemed unlikely since there’s no native bushland nearby for birds to bring the seeds from. Mistletoe fruit passes through a bird in well under an hour, and emerges so sticky that the bird has to physically wipe its arse on the branch to get them off - which, of course, is exactly what the mistletoe wants. 

So I did some digging, and it turns out there was a project in 2018 by ecologist Lee Harrison, to plant 800 mistletoe seeds in street trees around the inner city and CBD. 

He had good reason to, as well - the foliage, flowers and fruit of mistletoes is highly desirable to a range of species, and if all the mistletoes are removed from an area the bird diversity can drop by a third. David Watson of Charles Sturt University has described that experiment as "one of the strongest described effects of what's called a keystone species — one that has a disproportionate influence on the ecosystem." 

Creeping Mistletoe, native to much of the SE of Australia, was chosen because it’s slow-growing, and while its native hostplant is usually eucalypt they also do well on a range of exotic trees that includes Oaks, Prunes, Pepper Trees (Schinus), Birch, and assorted fruit trees in the genus Prunus. And since London Plane Platanus × acerifolia aren’t much good for anything other than causing hayfever and asthma, planting as many mistletoes as the trees can support is a great idea. 

[swamp-boggler]

American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis).

[jannekebooister]

Boom! - Conté tekening / Tree! - Conté drawing by Janneke Booister Via Flickr: Conté on Clairefontaine PaintOn Naturel paper 250 g/m2. 

Colours used are 2454 Bistre, 2452 Watteau, 2450 Sanguine, 2456 Blanc B; all Conté Sketching Crayons. 

My own reference 

Paper size 30 x 42 cm (A3) available (Contact me) 

Het verhaal van deze tekening is te vinden in mijn blog / The story of this drawing can be found in my blog jannekesatelier.blogspot.com/

[sigalrm]

Ripe plane tree fruit by Pascal Volk Via Flickr: Ripe plane tree fruit

[urbannature]

Autumn Leaves

Quelle: Ari Fink Photography

[haikuckuck]

I like the different pattern of the plane trees (platanus)wood , their bark concerning...near to plane trees in summer or late springtime planes have a fine smell ,comes from the blossom of the trees.

The fragrance is like a mixture of lilly of the valley and Freesia,i think,fine,alcoholic...difficult to describe the fine scent.

But science says not every nose can perceive the scent from planes.why this is so,they dont really know.did you ,could you have a smell of planes?? Each year i am happy,when comes the fragrance of the trees in my nose...sometimes in spring and summer sunny days..nearly being to plane trees .

[thetreehunter]

The Walking Twins of Roosendael

Breaking News! Two planes have crashed to the ground at Roosendael in Flanders, Belgium.  Miraculously, no one was killed, and they walked away from the wreckage.

The Walking Twins of Roosendael

So free and beautiful, tall in the sky, they flew, 

Until a great storm raged and raged and blew, 

Their hands slipped, their embrace was broken, 

Crashing to the ground, their neighbours were woken, 

No one was killed, only slight injuries, 

The miraculous Walking Twins of Roosendaal are no 'plain' trees! 

Tree hunter Rob McBride Sept. 2023

Platanus x hispanica (London Plane)

Bomen Beter Beheren weekend in Roosendael - Sint-Katelijne-Waver Arboweekend 29 sept – 1 okt Domein Roosendael - Veterane bomen Massive thanks to organisers, Willem Van Der Linden, Sander Van Coillie, plus Kjel Dupon and Wim Peeters, and all the incredible arborists and attendees that came to such an amazing event. Thank you also to the Catering Staff for the delicious food and drink. And special thanks to speakers... Nico d’hamers ; Kris van de kerkhove; Jeroen Snaaijers ; Ruben van Praag ; Koen Smets ; Frits Gielissen ; Guy Herremans ; Alex Lefevre Thanks also to Belgian Tree hunters Roel Jacobs and Marc Meyer for their inspiration and trips around the Great Trees of Belgium over many years.

The 'Not-so Plain' Walking Twins of Roosendael

The Planes crashed to the Earth...Now they 'Walk' to London...

Platanus xhispanica (London Plane)

They are no longer 'ROOTED' to the spot....The Walking Twins of Roosendael... They are an OPEN CLASSROOM for everyone to learn about the wonders of trees... PHOENIX trees regenerate and root after falling to the ground...essentially, they 'walk' across landscapes. In three hundred years, these Platanus will be a long way from the 'Mother Trees'.

Not any old PLANE Forest...a real gem of Europe...

Wonderful, tree man Ton above tree man arborist Bert

Playing the 'Nail' game... Arjan below is the Champion mostly.. If I can remember! Lol.

Such an important event for all of these excellent arborists to come together to discuss veteran trees and so much more...

I look forward to the next event with Bomen Beter Beheren.

[high-school-loser]

Ojalá tener plata para cubrir heridas emocionales.

[muratagawa]

Platanus

Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, January 2023

[giusepperodolico-blog]

🌳#platanus 🌳 👉 comunemente noto come #platano 🤔 Il platano affronta questo periodo dell'anno perdendo le #foglie 🍃. Questo perché entra in una fase di #dormienza 😴😴 🥶 che è un sistema di difesa che la pianta attiva prima della comparsa di condizioni ambientali sfavorevoli, ad esempio anticipa l’arrivo del freddo in inverno.🥶😁 #naturelovers #urbannature #art 😍♥️ (presso Pisa, Tuscany, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_AnDNt1WD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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