Plane

Plane trees are native to the Northern Hemisphere, and typically grow to heights up to fifty metres. A well known example of is London Plane, which is a hybrid of American Sycamore and Oriental Plan. It is London's most common tree and can be found lining roadsides and avenues and in parks across the city. It is resistant to pollution, provides shade, and is beneficial to air quality.

Plane trees were once considered sacred in Greece, because they always marked sources of water (the source of all life). Hippocrates of Kos, who is considered to be the father of medicine, is said to have taught his pupils the art of medicine, beneath a plane tree in the town centre.