North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Tiliaceae>Tilia

American Basswood (Tilia americana var. heterophylla) American Basswood (Tilia americana)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
American Basswood (Tilia americana var. heterophylla) American Basswood (Tilia americana)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
American Basswood (Tilia americana var. heterophylla) American Basswood (Linden) (Tilia americana)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
American Basswood (Linden) (Tilia americana)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

American Basswood (Linden) (Tilia americana)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

This individual is Tilia americana var. heterophylla, based on the whitish puberulence on the undersuface of the leaves.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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