<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Platanus occidentalis</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31454612</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:02:21</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">eastern plane-tree</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">eastern sycamore</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">occidental plane</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">whitewood</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">American plane</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">American planetree</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">American sycamore</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">button-wood</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">buttonball</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">buttonwood</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of plane tree native to North America; the tallest of the plane trees, reaching more than 50 m (160 feet) in height. Its pendent, smooth, ball-shaped seed clusters usually dangle singly and often persist after leaf fall. It is distinguished from other trees by its mottled exfoliating bark, which flakes off in great irregular masses, leaving the surface mottled, and greenish-white, gray and brown. For trees known simply as "sycamore," use Acer Pseudoplatanus, which is a species of maple. ]]></dc:description></metadata>