Platanus mexicana
Mexican sycamore · also Álamo, Álamo blanco, Olivo
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Platanus mexicana, also known as Mexican sycamore, is a fast-growing, medium-sized tree mainly found along riverbanks in mesic and tropical mountain forests, making it very flood tolerant. It is highly valued as a street or park tree for its attractive mottled white bark and lush, far-reaching canopy with bicolored, silver-underside leaves. This tree requires a moderate amount of water but is resistant to intense heat, arid climates, and bacterial leaf scorch.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 300.01%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Arizona Mountains forests
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Central Mexican matorral
Other Platanus in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
