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Tilia americana
American Linden
Tiliaceae
Located between Wilbur Cross and Storrs halls.
- leaves alternate, large (to 8" long, larger than T. cordata)
- leaves ovate, cordate base, serrated margin
- leaves deep green, lighter silver-gray below
- buds valvate, divergent, lopsided, conical
- buds brown; larger than T. cordata
- stems smooth, zig-zag, bloomy, brown-red
- flowers yellow, small, in pendulous cymes, summer
- fruit a hanging rounded structure, in a bunch, hard
- fruit subtended by a silvery bract, becoming brown
- fruit and bract larger than T. cordata
- bark gray to brown, rough, ridged
- habit is a medium to large tree, with spreading branches
- habit is rounded, usually not as formal and pyramidal as T. cordata
View
Tilia americana page in the UConn Plant Database
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