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| name = American Sycamore
This article concerns a rumored new store chain from [[Abercrombie & Fitch]]. Despite requests for sources there are none. If the nonexistent, rumored chain ever becomes an actual, notable chain then it will probably have a different name anyway. [[User:Will Beback|Will Beback]] · [[User talk:Will Beback|†]] · 22:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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*Wait, it has a source! A A&F staff meetin! That's good enough for me! (sarcasm). I can't see anything worth this article. WP is not a crystal ball, '''Delete'''. <font color="#ff9900">[[User:David Fuchs|'''Dåvid ƒuchs''']] </font>([[User talk:David Fuchs|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/David Fuchs|contribs]]) 23:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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:*Wait, you used ''[[Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful|sarcasm]]'' on an XfD page? That's unheard of! (!voting '''Delete''' per WP:Not a crystal ball, too) -- [[User:MarcoTolo|MarcoTolo]] 23:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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*'''Delete''' per above [[WP:NOT]] comments. In addition, a staff meeting most definitely fails [[WP:V]] in every way possible. [[User:Soltak|Soltak]] | [[User_talk:Soltak|Talk]] 00:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Platanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Platanus]]''
| species = '''''P. occidentalis'''''
| binomial = ''Platanus occidentalis''
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The '''American sycamore''' ('''''Platanus occidentalis'''''), also known as '''American plane''' and '''Buttonwood''', is one of the species of ''[[Platanus]]'' native to [[North America]], where it is rather confusingly very often just called [[Sycamore]], which can refer to other types of tree.
It forms a massive tree, typically reaching up to 30-40 metres high. In its native range, it is often found in riparian and wetland areas. The range extends from [[Iowa]] to [[Ontario]] and [[Maine]] in the north, [[Nebraska]] in the west, and south to [[Texas]] to [[Florida]]. Closely related species (see ''[[Platanus]]'') occur in [[Mexico]] and the southwestern states of the [[U.S.A.]] It is sometimes grown for [[timber]], and has become naturalised in some areas outside its native range. It has been planted at [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], and is sold as far south as [[Okeechobee, Florida|Okeechobee]]. It is frequently seen in parts of the [[Pacific Northwest]].
American sycamore is susceptible to Plane anthracnose disease (''Apiognomonia veneta'', syn. ''Gnomonia platani''), an introduced fungus naturally found on the [[Oriental plane]] ''P. orientalis'', which has evolved considerable resistance to the disease. Although rarely killed or even seriously harmed, American sycamore is commonly partially defoliated by the disease, rendering it unsightly as a specimen tree. As a result, American sycamore is not often planted; the more resistant [[London plane]] (''P. x hispanica''; hybrid ''P. occidentalis x P. orientalis'') being preferred instead.
[[Category:Plane trees]]
[[de:Amerikanische Platane]]
[[fr:Platane d'Occident]]
[[pl:Platan zachodni]]
[[tr:batı çınarı]]
Trivia: the forerunner to the [[New York Stock Exchange]] was formed in 1792 when a group of brokers and merchants signed the [[Buttonwood Agreement]] under a buttonwood tree in lower [[Manhattan]].
Trivia: [[The Economist]] weekly periodical has an editorial commentary column entitled "Buttonwood" in reference to the [[Buttonwood Agreement]].
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