PLATANUS X HISPANICA IS KNOWN FOR ITS TOLERANCE FOR POLLUTION WHICH IS WHY IT USED TO BE PLANTED ON THE STREETS OF LONDON SINCE 1660's.
FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, COMMONLY KNOWN LONDON PLANE, HAS LARGE PALMATE, LOBED LEAVES, WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY SHINY ON THE SURFACE. THE TREE IS USUALLY RECOGNISED FROM ITS ROUNDED FRUITS HANGING FROM BRANCHES MOST OF THE YEAR. LONDON PLATES ARE QUITE HIGH TREES AS THEY REACH OVER 20 METERS.
PLATANUS COMES FROM THE GREEK AND MEANS 'PLANE TREE', WHEREAS 'X' INDICATES THAT THE TREE IS A HYBRID, A CROSS-BREEDING OF TWO GENERES. LONDON PLANE IS THE TYPE OF TREE THAT PREFERS SOIL TO BE MOIST AND LOAMY, HOWEVER, ALL SAINTS PARK DOES NOT OFFER THAT KIND OF CONDITIONS. THE SOIL LOOKED HARDENED, PROBABLY FROM THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE PASSING IT EVERYDAY. I HAVE ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE TREE COEXISTS WITH THE IVY CLIMBING FROM THE GROUND. LONDON PLANES USUALLY REACH UP TO 8 METERS WIDE, IN THIS CASE IS RESULTED IN OTHER TREES TO SUFFER FROM LITTLE AMOUNT OF LIGHT AS THE BRANCHES ARE DISTRIBUTED DENSELY.
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