California sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Summary 7
Platanus racemosa is a species of sycamore tree known by several common names, including California sycamore, Western sycamore, California plane tree, and in Spanish Aliso. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in riparian areas, canyons, floodplains, at springs and seeps, and along streams and rivers in several types of habitats.
National distribution 8
United States
Origin: NativeRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Sources and Credits
- (c) Bri Weldon, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/41184028@N04/5062139513
- (c) 1998 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=17711&one=T
- (c) Eugene Zelenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/398849078_58aeb80adf.jpg
- (c) 1998 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=17692&one=T
- (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=19056&one=T
- (c) 1998 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=15679&one=T
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_racemosa
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/26639044
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
