Tree species with area of origin the North and Central America

Distribution in Athens It is not an uncommon tree species in some boroughs of Athens. However in most boroughs it is underutilized or absent. In the boroughs of city of Athens, Agios Dimitrios, Aigaleo, Dafni-Hymettos, Gerakas, Haidari, Papagou-Cholargos, Palaion Faliron, Petroupoli, Kifissia, Nea Smyrni, Zografou. A few trees at the NTUA campus. 

Biomes  Temperate

Countries and regions (POWO Database)
Area of origin  N. America to Honduras.
Countries and regions in the area of origin Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
Global Distribution (Introduced)  
EUROPE: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine.
ASIA: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia.
AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
AMERICAS: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia.
OCEANIA:  New Zealand. 

Cities worldwide
Tree inventories  One of the most common urban trees worldwide, along with Gingko biloba and Gleditsia triacanthos. In 207 inventories.
OCEANIA: Australia, New Zealand.
AMERICAS: Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil, Canada (Montreal, Quebec city, Toronto, Vancouver), Chile, Mexico, USA: Arlington, Athens, Berkeley, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Delaware, Denver, Ithaca, Kansas city, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Oklahoma city, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa).
EUROPE: Austria (Vienna), Croatia (Zagreb), Denmark, Finland (Helsinki), France (Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Paris), Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg), Greece (Arta, Ioannina, Preveza), Hungary (Budapest),  Ireland, Italy (Bologna, Florence, Turin), Netherlands, Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Barcelona, Costa Brava, Valencia), UK (Birmingham, Bristol, London), Slovakia (Bratislava), Sweden (Malmö), Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich), Ukraine. 
AFRICA: South Africa (Johannesburg) 
ASIA: China, Turkey (Antalya, Trabzon), Georgia (Tbilisi).

Performance It appears to perform well and withstand urban heat and narrow sidewalks. It is utilized in new plantings of some boroughs of Athens (city of Athens, Lykovrysi-Pefki). 

Literature references Maribel et al., (2024), Sjöman and Anderson (2023).