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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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PLATE XCIII. BUTTONWOOD 1. A flowering ))rant'li, x i. 2. A head of flowers with most of the flowers removed, x §. 'A. A staiiiinate flower, enlarged. 4. A pistillate flower, enlarged. r>. A fruiting branch with mature leaves, x J. 6. An achene, enlarged. 7. A winter twig with two heads of fruit, x J. 8. Section of a twig showing a subpetlolar bud, x J. 9. Section of a twig showing a stipule, natural size. 10. Section of a winter twig, enlarged. 181 BUTTONWOOD Platanus occidentolis, Linnaeus TAMILY AND aENTS DESCEIPTION-jrhe Plane ^na^^^o T^^U^i^^^a^ ^S 1 gt^PUtanu.. with about J,-^-^^ «j'Ji^ ^ to th^ Static the Old World Plane Tree Pennsylvania. /" ;^^^;\7 .fry omLnTpU^^^ - - «^«^^« ^-« *" *^« ^^"^^"^ ^**"- (Platanu. orientallB L.) Ib ve^ co Y ^ ^^ ^^^^^ T^RMâUaually attains a height of 70-125 ft., ""^ '"T deciduous trees of North America. BAEK--On old trunks rather thick. 8^^'^^"^^^^^^^^J truL. and upper part- of old ones rid^a w^h peel off Into thin dark ^^-'^^^^^ ex^r^ a whitish, yellowish, or a greenish See Fig. 78. .n.hescent later brownish to gray and XWIOa-Kather stout. .lg^« at ^;\^^Z.:rl^^-T'J-^-^^ «-"' ^"^^^ ^^"'^^"' .mooth. decurrently ^^^^f'^^'^l^^^ aâd white, encircled by stipule-scars. Pith wwe a .ââounded by base of leaf-stalk or leaf and slightly from sectlou below co^e ^^^ ^^^^ .^^^^ pubescent. shining, reddish-brown, the nuddle green ^â i^, 4-IO inches across, j^VES-Alternate. simple. »>-^^; ^f J^/^^^^^ --^' ^t green above. Pale J^een and -»» «^--J^^^^,^ conspicuous, encircling twig, with enlarged hollow bases. Stipules 14 i ^^^^^ ^^g,â ^y occur singly or In groups. gtaminate and pistillate flower heads occur ou different »talK«. greenish and often tinged with red. ^^^^^^ ^^o^t 1 mch veHowLh, »r iree""" bark °' '"" "T" jj^ ,ârge leave. «"* «»'" ,â',;â, tbe masalve S dark brawn â¢cle. of «.ter bar. _^^_^ ^^^ â ^rlSlnalve The"mo«t...r«ld.... ^"il'-l^ar. it. fruit i-i clu-ter. of 2-4. ^^___^^_^,_^ â^,â^.. .â, lex... Houthern. western, and central P**^" «' ' . headwaters of such streams as sycamore trees r.rc^er.ror;/râ¢3^;- rr^e SeStr^^^/--' .ârrt%'^s:rro'iw'u -;---, ââ_^. -rret;:;'"' ^^- IMPO.IAKCE OF THE """^V^^ul'S^ P>«»^ " '"", "o^arnW P"^- '-';"« oâââZlai importance »"* .^""'J^ "ul. ?â .»'«" «"'"^âi°:,r«dl«» '"«'«' " '"- ,â grow,, from rie.tal RjcamoM rwem. to »« V" gou. dlMeaae.. ^. .1 i e f i I

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