Platanus occidentalis L.

  • Filed As

    Platanaceae
    Platanus occidentalis L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 6263, 25 May 2008

  • Location

    United States of America. Virginia. Isle of Wight Co. Southeast corner of the county on the Blackwater Ecological Preserve of Old Dominion Univeristy, part of the Zuni Pine Barrens Preserves along with Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve, ca 5 miles south of the town of Zuni, NW of Route 614, W of Horse Swamp, E of the Blackwater River.

  • Habitat

    gallery forest on lower (present) floodplain of the Blackwater River, with Taxodium distichum, Platanus occidentalis, Liquidambar styraciflua, Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus, Carya and Betula; very sandy alluvium.

  • Description

    Tree 15 m tall, the trunk 20 cm diam; bark forming thin, exfoliating sheets, some dark brown and some light brown; leaf blades pale pubescent when young.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1070616

    Occurrence ID: 7c70fac6-24e6-439f-b7fa-945c94eb1dda

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01121700, D. E. Atha 6263, Platanus occidentalis L. - Accepted : Platanaceae (143.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Proteales

  • Family

    Platanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Platanus occidentalis L. det D. E. Atha, 2008

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Virginia

  • County/Municipio

    Isle of Wight Co.

  • Locality

    Southeast corner of the county on the Blackwater Ecological Preserve of Old Dominion Univeristy, part of the Zuni Pine Barrens Preserves along with Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve, ca 5 miles south of the town of Zuni, NW of Route 614, W of Horse Swamp, E of the Blackwater River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2 m. (7 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    36.8265, -76.8559

  • Distribution

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01070616
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BOTANICAL
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The New York Botanical Garden
Flora of North America
Platanaceae
Platanus occidentalis L.
det. D. E. Atha, 2008
United States of America. Virginia. Isle of Wight Co.
Southeast comer of the county on the Blackwater Ecological
Preserve of Old Dominion Univeristy, part of the Zuni Pine
Barrens Preserves along with Antioch Pines Natural Area
Preserve, ca 5 miles south of the town of Zuni, NW of Route
614, W of Horse Swamp, E of the Blackwater River.
36.826492°, -76.855888°. ca 2 m. (Coordinates and
elevation from hand-held gps and digital world map;
accurate to within a range of ca 10 m). Gallery forest on
lower (present) floodplain of the Blackwater River, with
Taxodium distichum, Platanus occidentalis, Liquidambar
styraciflua, Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus, Carya and
Betula; very sandy alluvium.
Tree 15 m tall, the trunk 20 cm diam; bark forming thin,
exfoliating sheets, some dark brown and some light brown;
leaf blades pale pubescent when young.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha 6263	25 May 2008
QDI M
01070616