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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
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
Look for it in rich coves, on rocky slopes, metabasalt boulderfields, rich north-facing river bluffs, calcareous Coastal Plain ravines
Rare in NC
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
Look for it in rich coves & on mesic to dry slopes (the drier sites usually on limestone), often one of the most abundant trees in Southern Appalachian cove forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain), centered in the Southern Appalachians
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
Look for it in mesic forests, in the outer Coastal Plain usually associated with shell deposits, Indian shell middens, or underlying coquina-limestone ("marl")
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont (& NC Coastal Plain), rare in Mtns
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
Look for it in suburban woodlands, uncommonly planted, rarely naturalizing
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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