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§1 Plant
Planera aquatica J.F. Gmel.
vernacular planertree — species · Ulmaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ulmaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Planera
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 239 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.5
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 239 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Nassau 12089
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clinch 13065
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Decatur 13087
- Echols 13101
- Emanuel 13107
- Grady 13131
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Thomas 13275
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLAQ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361858 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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