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Platanus hybrida Brot.

The tree is 30 metres tall and its circumference is of about 5.60 meters. The foliage circumference is of about 35 meters. It is located inside a private property.

It belongs to the Platanaceae family and it is a hybrid between Platanus orientalis and Platanus occidentalis, which is spread in the European-Mediterranean area.
It does not have particular environmental and sub-layer needs, but it prefers deep-draining soils with a good sun exposure. The cortex is thin and light and the specimens, which are a pair of years old, present scales which reveal the green coloration ling underneath the surface. The trunk presents protuberances called “blastomanie”, which means masses of gems provoked by physiological alterations. In Italy it is often present in parks or along roads, thanks to its resistance to pollution. In Southern Italy they are spontaneous. Since the seventies, poplars are threatened by a fungus pathology called “canker stain” against which have been effected regional interventions
Plane tree wood is used in the paper industry and to build precision instruments , while the roots, which are valuable because of their veining are used for chipboards.
It seems that the specimen  of Vigorso was part of a park next to a villa of the 17^th century of which no traces are left.

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