OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. americana   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. americana   FAMILY Tiliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tilia americana var. americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Tilia americana

INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)

Tilia americana var. americana

INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)

Tilia americana var. neglecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-001:

Tilia americana   FAMILY Tiliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia glabra

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia neglecta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia truncata

 

COMMON NAME:
American Basswood, Northern Basswood


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image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p44

        

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_766

        

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_772a

        

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm0303y_10

March    Greenville County    SC

Old homesite

SC State Champion Tree.

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm210528_0833

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Flowers in clusters on a slender stalk with a pendent leaflike narrow bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

Sam Pratt    sbp_060921_0687

June    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

Sam Pratt    sbp_060921_0688

June    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm0308o_21

August    Greenville County    SC

Old homesite

SC State Champion Tree.

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm150927_183

September    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

Leaves on mature wood green and glabrous below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Tilia americana var. americana, American Basswood, Northern Basswood

JK Marlow    s101017_tamericana

October    Mecklenburg County    NC

Leaf bases unequally heart-shaped or nearly straight across, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. americana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. americana   FAMILY Tiliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Tilia americana

INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. americana

INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. neglecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-001:
Tilia americana   FAMILY Tiliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia glabra

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia neglecta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia truncata

 

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1513

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Rich coves, rocky slopes, metabasalt boulderfields, rich north-facing river bluffs, calcareous Coastal Plain ravines, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Cream
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nut-like

 

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