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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Malvaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Basswood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-002:
Tilia heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Basswood, White Basswood
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2370_t_heteroph
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm060506_107
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm070703_123
July Greene County TN
Leaves pale & closely tomentose below (except green on juvenile wood), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtheterophyll_0
Month Unknown
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) 121-01-002:
Tilia heterophylla
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
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Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain), centered in the Southern Appalachians
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, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow/Cream
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
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 p317
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p102
- Landscaping with Native Trees p246
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p332?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p202?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p133
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p44
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p263?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p350