Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America; introduced into Ecuador, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 28, 2003

Location

United States, Connecticut (Route 185 in Simsbury)

Location Remarks

Rt 185 in Simsbury

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson, C 13019

May 16, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Haywood (Clyde)

35.6675, -82.9925

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest. Along Pigeon River S of intersection with route I-40 at Fines Creek exit; along trail on SW side of river. 758 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Notes

Tree 18 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Platanaceae

Genus

Platanus

Specific Epithet

occidentalis

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#278,001 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →