Planer-tree or
water-elm, Planera aquatica J. F. Gmel., is an unusual tree in a monotypic genus of the elm
family. The most unusual thing about it
is the fruit which has tentacle like protuberances or spines. It would make an interesting specimen plant
suitable for a wet area since it is an obligate wetland species. The range is mostly in the coastal plain up
to southeast