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|familia=Tiliaceae | |||
|genus=Tilia | |||
|species=americana | |||
|common_name=American Linden, Basswood | |||
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|habit=tree | |||
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|Max ht box=100 | |||
|Max ht metric=ft | |||
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|Max wd box=40 | |||
|Max wd metric=ft | |||
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|exposure=sun | |||
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|flowers=white | |||
|Temp Metric=°F | |||
|min_zone=3 | |||
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | |||
|max_zone=9 | |||
|image=Upload.png | |||
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Tilia americana, Linn. (T. glabra, Vent.). Fig. 3814. Tree, to 120 ft.: young branchlets glabrous, green: lvs. broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, cordate or truncate at the base, coarsely serrate, the teeth long-pointed, dark green above, light green beneath with tufts of hairs in the axils of the lateral veins, but wanting at the base, 4-6 in. long, turning yellow in autumn: cymes pendulous, many-fld.: bract stalked, tapering toward the base: staminodes present: fr. ovoid or globose, without ribs, tomentose, thick-shelled. July. Canada, south to Va. and Ala., west to N. Dak., Kans., and E. Texas. S.S. 1:24. Mn. 6:153. Var. macrophylla, Hort. (var. mississippiensis, Hort.). A large-lvd. form. —This species is frequently planted as an avenue tree. Its wood is much used in the manufacture of woodenware, cheap furniture, panels of carriages, and also of paper pulp. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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