"Basswood" redirects here. For other uses, see Basswood (disambiguation).
Tilia americana
Leaves and flowers
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Genus:
Tilia
Species:
T. americana
Binomial name
Tilia americana
L.
Natural range
Synonyms
Tilia glabra Ventenat
Tilia americana is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to Cherry County, Nebraska. It is the sole representative of its genus in the Western Hemisphere, assuming T. caroliniana is treated as a subspecies or local ecotype of T. americana.[2][3] Common names include American basswood[4] and American linden.
^Barstow, M. (2017). "Tilia americana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T61788230A61788232. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61788230A61788232.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Crow, T. R. (1990). "Tilia americana". In Burns, Russell M.; Honkala, Barbara H. (eds.). Hardwoods. Silvics of North America. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: United States Forest Service (USFS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – via Southern Research Station.
^"Tilia americana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tilia americana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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