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Platane à feuilles d'érable
Platanus x acerifolia
Un très grand arbre d'ombrage et d'alignement, caducifolié et d'origine horticole/urbaine — un hybride du platane d'Amérique (Platanus occidentalis) et du platane d'Orient (Platanus orientalis), aussi écrit Platanus x hispanica — atteignant environ 70-100 feet, avec une cime d'abord pyramidale qui s'élargit pour devenir ouverte et étalée. Sa signature de conception est l'écorce : une mosaïque exfoliante de camouflage aux tons crème, olive et gris qui se détache en plaques pour révéler une couche interne lisse et pâle, spectaculaire en hiver. Il porte de grandes feuilles palmées rappelant celles de l'érable et des boules de graines sphériques pendantes (généralement par deux ou trois sur un pédoncule, une petite différence de terrain par rapport aux boules isolées du platane d'Amérique). Il est célèbre comme l'arbre d'alignement classique des grandes villes parce qu'il supporte la pollution, le sol compacté, le confinement des racines, la sécheresse et la taille en têtard sévère mieux que presque tout autre grand arbre — mais il est réellement immense et c'est le mauvais arbre pour un petit terrain.
Climate fit: moderate (58/100)
Structure
Focal point
Light
Full sun
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
840-1200" tall · 480" apart
Hardy in zones
4a-9b
very cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Cultivé uniquement comme arbre d'ombrage, d'alignement et de parc, non pour l'alimentation.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 41 ecoregions — 40 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Platane à feuilles d'érable (Platanus x acerifolia). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/platanus-x-acerifolia
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
University extension service
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