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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Tilia americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia caroliniana ssp. heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-002:
Tilia heterophylla FAMILY Tiliaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia australis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia eburnea
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia heterophylla
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia lasioclada
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia michauxii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia monticola
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Basswood, White Basswood
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2370_t_heteroph
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_776
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_777
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_779
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tihe_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_timi5_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_heterophylla_basswd
April
Leaf bases unequally heart-shaped or nearly straight across, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm060506_107
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3179
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves borne on juvenile wood green below (vs. those of mature wood pale and closely tomentose), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm100617_044
June Cherokee County NC
Flowers bisexual, yellowish or green, about 1/2" wide, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm100617_047
June Cherokee County NC
Flowers in clusters hanging from a strap-shaped bract, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Ron Lance rwl1515_a
June
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Ron Lance rwl1515_a2
June
Flowers in clusters on slender stalk with leaflike, narrow, 4-5" long bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm0407l_10
July Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_05
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
A large tree of rich moist soils, often with multiple trunks, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm070703_123
July Greene County TN
Mature wood (that is, with branches of flowering age) bears leaves with whitened undersides, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm100730_209
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Evidence of the basswood leaf miner.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_heterophylla_1_bark
December Floyd County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_tilia_heterophylla
December
Fruit a cluster of brown nutlets attached to a 2-3" leaflike bract, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtheterophyll_0
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Tilia americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia caroliniana ssp. heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-002:
Tilia heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia australis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia eburnea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia heterophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia lasioclada
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia michauxii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia monticola
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Tree
Perennial
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, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Cream
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nut-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p317
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p102
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p129
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p156
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p246
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p332?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p202?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p133
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p44
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p263?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p350
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