American Basswood

Tilia americana

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Botanical name
Tilia americana
Also known as
American Basswood, American Linden, Basswood, White Basswood, Whitewood
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Tilia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow American Basswood

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Tilia americana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Tilia alabamensis Tilia alabamensis var. oblongifolia Tilia americana f. ampelophylla Tilia americana f. cyclophylla Tilia americana f. dentata Tilia americana f. divaricata Tilia americana f. fastigiata Tilia americana f. grandifolia Tilia americana f. laxiflora Tilia americana f. macrophylla Tilia americana f. megalodonta Tilia americana f. microphylla Tilia americana f. microptera Tilia americana f. moltkei Tilia americana f. pedunculata Tilia americana f. rosenthalii Tilia americana subf. euryptera Tilia americana subf. lepidoptera Tilia americana subsp. floridana Tilia americana subsp. heterophylla Tilia americana var. americana Tilia americana var. caroliniana Tilia americana var. caroliniana Tilia americana var. densiflora Tilia americana var. floridana Tilia americana var. heterophylla Tilia americana var. missisippiensis Tilia americana var. neglecta Tilia americana var. pubescens Tilia americana var. rosenthalii Tilia americana var. scabra Tilia americana var. vestita Tilia americana var. walteri Tilia apposita Tilia ashei Tilia australis Tilia canadensis Tilia caroliniana Tilia caroliniana subsp. floridana Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Tilia caroliniana var. floridana Tilia caroliniana var. lata Tilia caroliniana var. rhoophila Tilia caroliniana var. vagans Tilia cocksii Tilia creno-serrata var. acuminata Tilia crenoserrata Tilia eburnea Tilia eburnea var. lasioclada Tilia excellens Tilia floridana Tilia floridana var. alabamensis Tilia floridana var. australis Tilia floridana var. hypoleuca Tilia floridana var. oblongifolia Tilia georgiana Tilia georgiana var. crinita Tilia glabra Tilia glabra f. dentata Tilia glabra f. fastigiata and 65 more

Others in Tilia

Tilia amurensis
Amur Lime
Tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden
Tilia × cinerascens
Tilia × euchlora
Tilia × juranyiana
Tilia × noziricola
Tilia americana f. praecox
Tilia amurensis var. amurensis

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