Basilicas Park silver maple ("A. saccharinum"), European hornbeam ("Carpinus betulus"), cherry plum ("Prunus cerasifera"), European beech ("Fagus sylvatica"), French oak ("Quercus robur"), several species of elm ("Ulmus"), black poplar ("Populus nigra"), European black pine ("Pinus nigra"), London plane ("Platanus × acerifolia"), and pagoda tree ("Sophora japonica"). Basilicas Park Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II ("Pope John Paul II Park"), best known by its historic name Basilicas Park (Parco delle Basiliche in Italian) is a city park of Milan, Italy, located in Zone 1. It owes its name to the fact that it connects two major basilicas, the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the
Nyssa sylvatica long stalk and a rich source or nectar for bees. They are often dioecious so a male and female tree in proximity is required to set seed, however, many trees are also polygamo-dioecious, which means they have both male and female flowers on the same tree. The fruit is a black-blue, ovoid stone fruit, about 10 mm long with a thin, oily, bitter-to-sour tasting flesh and very popular with small bird species. There are from one to three fruits together on a long slender stalk. They are a valuable energy food for birds, especially the American robin. "Nyssa sylvatica" forms