About Platanus wrightii S.Watson
Platanus wrightii, commonly known as Arizona sycamore, is a sycamore tree. It is native to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and its range extends south into the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa. This is a large deciduous tree that grows up to 82 ft (25 m) tall.
Arizona sycamore occurs in the transition zone of central Arizona, in the Mogollon Rim–White Mountains area. Its range extends into southwest New Mexico, and the parts of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa in Mexico. In Arizona, the range extends south toward northern Sonora. The portion of its range in southeast Arizona lies within the northeastern Sonoran Desert, at the northern region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.
Arizona sycamore is prevalent in riparian areas of the Madrean Sky Islands, which are mountain sky islands located in southeast Arizona, the extreme southwest Bootheel region of New Mexico, along the San Francisco River in Western New Mexico, northeastern Sonora, and extreme northwest Chihuahua. The species is more prevalent west of the Madrean Sky Islands region, still within the central and northeast Sonoran Desert around Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona-Sonora border. Its range in Sonora extends into the Sierra Madre Occidental, or its western foothills. Scattered reports of the species have been recorded farther east in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
