California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Bold streamside tree with mottled white bark, big maple-like leaves, and sprawling, sculptural limbs. A larval host for the western tiger swallowtail along creeks.
- Family
- Platanaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 75–75 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- mammals, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~45 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- CA