plane tree, any of the 10 species of the genus Platanus, the only genus of the family Platanaceae. The plane trees bear flowers of both sexes on the same tree but in different clusters. ... The sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), often called sycamore, plane, or mock plane, is distinct (see maple).

Is the London plane tree a sycamore?

London planetree is a hybrid resulting from a cross between the native sycamore and the non-native Asian planetree. Like sycamore, this is a large tree with beautiful peeling bark.

What tree is similar to sycamore?

Sycamores naturally grow big and tall along waterways, but sometimes they appear to be growing in odd places, like along suburban streets that get littered with their fruit balls. But those trees are actually London planetrees (Platanus x acerifolia), sycamore lookalikes native to Europe.