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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Tiliaceae, Basswood or Linden family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
American Basswood, Northern Basswood
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tilia americana var. americana FAMILY: Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tilia americana var. americana FAMILY: Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tilia americana 121-01-001 FAMILY: Tiliaceae
Habitat: Rich coves, rocky slopes, metabasalt boulderfields, rich north-facing river bluffs, calcareous Coastal Plain ravines
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mountain Basswood, White Basswood
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tilia americana var. heterophylla FAMILY: Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tilia americana var. heterophylla FAMILY: Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tilia heterophylla 121-01-002 FAMILY: Tiliaceae
Habitat: Rich coves and mesic to dry slopes (the drier sites usually on limestone), often one of the most abundant trees in Southern Appalachian cove forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Basswood, Southern Basswood
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tilia americana var. caroliniana FAMILY: Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tilia americana var. caroliniana FAMILY: Tiliaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tilia caroliniana 121-01-003 FAMILY: Tiliaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, in the outer Coastal Plain usually associated with shell deposits, Indian shell middens, or underlying coquina limestone ("marl")
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Little-leaf Linden, Small-leaved Linden, Small-leaved Lime
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tilia cordata FAMILY: Malvaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tilia cordata FAMILY: Tiliaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, uncommonly planted, rarely naturalizing
Non-native: Europe
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