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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
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
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