The French plane tree is from the United Kingdom, is there any mystery in this?

French SycamoreIt is a very common roadside tree in our country. In Shanghai, there are also many roads famous for their French plane trees. If you look at the name, you would definitely think that this is an oval tree from France, but does it really exist in France?

In fact, France is not the origin of this roadside tree, nor is it a plane tree in the exact sense of the word.

What we call "French plane tree" is actually a new variant of plane tree, which was born after the British crossed the three-ball plane tree that originated in China and the North American plane tree that originated in North America. The now popular two-ball plane and its "mom and dad" have nothing to do with France and the plane tree.

"FranceIndus River"The reason why the name has spread so widely is actually related to France. In modern China, the great powers carved up the concessions in Shanghai one after another. In fact, Fa Tong.

It belongs to the Sycamore family, which is different from the Chinese sycamore.

We often refer to Wu Fengqi as the Chinese Sycamore), because the leaves of the Sycamore resemble the Chinese Sycamore, and they are mistaken for the Chinese Sycamore, and the "French Sycamore" is not grown in France. In Oxford, England.

The locals regarded the one-ball plane and the three-ball plane as an important specimen, and crossed it into a two-ball plane tree, which was named "English plane tree".

Because it is a hybrid, there is no place of origin. In Western countries.

After being planted on a large scale, the French people traveled thousands of miles to bring it back to Shanghai, planting it on Avenue Joffrey. People call it the "Sycamore" and they follow the crowd and see it as a plane tree. <>

The reason why plane is widely cultivated in many cities is that it is the parent tree of plane trees, which is 30 meters tall and has dense foliage, which provides a lot of shade for pedestrians in the hot summer. As a result, this species has become a world-famous street tree of good quality, known as the "king of street trees". In the southwest and south of China, the banyan tree is used as a street tree in many areas.

It can grow in hot and humid environments and grows very quickly. Although it is not very pretty, it is also a good tree species.

In fact, the French plane tree is only called by the Chinese, because the French missionaries brought it to Shanghai, in fact, the French plane tree belongs to a kind of plane tree, which is cultivated by British and local plane trees.

Although the French plane tree comes from the United Kingdom, it is called the French plane tree because it is planted in France because of its wide planting area.

"Plane tree" is not exactly a plane tree, the plane tree has one ball plane tree, two ball plane and three ball plane tree, and the three-ball plane is commonly known as "French plane tree".

We have French plane trees planted on the streets of Yidu City, Hubei Province, and this kind of tree has changed its feathers once in the lunar calendar 2021, and the streets are full of tree floc and fluffy things