Nature1 年
The biologists mapping out climate-resilient trees for our cities
The stately, yellow-green leaves of the London plane tree shades busy boulevards in cities as far away from England as Melbourne in south-eastern Australia. But in the future, the khakis of more ...
Five-storey uni lab approved despite tree concerns
A university's plans to construct a five-storey teaching laboratory building and "pocket park" have been approved despite opposition. The proposal by the University of Sheffield to build two ...
The Harvard Crimson6 年
Should It Be 'Save the Plane Trees'?
He said they were probably specimens of the "London plane tree, which has been widely planted in the East as a boulevard tree." Peter S. Green, horticultural taxonomist at the Arnold Arboretum ...
This Shouldn’t Be New York City’s Most Common Tree
it was down from nearly one-quarter of the city’s trees in 1995 to just 5 percent in 2015. While the London planetree doesn’t ...
Dezeen1 年
The Tree House
"Trees, nature and wellbeing are integral to the design of Elephant Park and have inspired the design of the pavilion," said Bell Phillips. The pavilion encircles a mature London Plane tree and ...