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Providing community officials and allied agencies with the organizational and technical ability to effectively manage the trees along streets, within parks, and on public grounds.

State Urban Forestry Coordinator: Drew Todd
614-265-6707

Division of Forestry
2045 Morse Rd.
Building H1.
Columbus, OH 43229

London Planetree - Platanus acerifolia
Columbus Planted: 1966
Next to Broad Ex. Club Site: Planting Areas in Sidewalk

1971 Comments:
These trees are located in small downtown planting pits in the sidewalk and are growing extremely well. This is an excellent selection for a downtown area with heavy traffic and unfavorable enviromental conditions. The trees were pruned in 1970.

1997 Comments:
These plants were in sidewalk cuts. The city replaced the plants in this area twice. If we gave this plant the benefit of the doubt, it would have a 20% survival rate. London Planetree has not proven to be stress tolerant in Ohio urban areas contrary to the original estimates. Twenty percent of the overall planting survived (2 of 10 trees). 1997 data on the table are based on two trees.


Twenty percent of the overall planting survived (2 of 10 trees).
1997 data on the table are based on two trees.
 
Project Data
1967
1968
1969
1970
1997
Height
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31.4'
28.2'
39.5'
Caliper
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6.1"
6.5"
11.7"
Spread
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16.8'
16.0'
33.3'