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	London Plane

	Common name: London Plane
	Botanical name: Platanus x acerifolia
	Flowers: N/A
	Fall color: N/A
	Soil moisture: Can tolerate wet soil; Moist soil, well drained; Requires infrequent deep watering once established
	Growth rate: Fast

MINIMUM PLANTING DISTANCES
from SMUD pad mounted equipment (such as a transformer mounted on a concrete pad):	8 feet
from a building foundation:	15 feet
from walks and driveways:	8 feet
from an air conditioner:	8 feet
from a fence:	6 feet
from a utility offset (such as an underground line, pipe or cable):	6 feet
from a utility overhead (such as an overhead power line):	30 feet
from a swimming pool:	15 feet
from a septic system:	15 feet
*between trees:**	30 feet
* To calculate the planting distance between different size trees, add the distances between each species in the column and divide answer in half. Example: the distance between a Red Maple (large tree) and Amur Maple (small tree) is calculated: 25 feet + 15 feet = 40 feet ÷ 2 = 20 feet. The distance between these two different size trees should be 20 feet.

London Plane