Plane trees along Hall Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Plane trees along Hall Road by Evelyn Simak as part of the Geograph project.
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Plane trees along Hall Road
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 15 Aug 2019
The trees growing here are London planes (Platanus x hispanica). The London plane is thought to be a hybrid of the oriental plane and the American plane, and was introduced into the UK from Spain in the 17th century. The bark of this tree flakes off > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6238904 exposing new bark underneath, and the faster the tree grows the more bark it sheds. This shedding is a form of self-cleansing which was considered to be important during the industrial revolution.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.61297
Longitude
1.292896