Taxon: Tilia americana L. var. americana

See other conspecific taxa:

• Tilia americana (2 accessions)
• Tilia americana var. caroliniana (no accessions)
• Tilia americana var. heterophylla (1 accessions)
• Tilia americana var. mexicana (no accessions)

Common names:

• American basswood   (Source: Syst Bot 15:43.) – English
  
• American lime   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• American linden   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• amerikanische Linde   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide AH 519, as T. americana)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide AH 519, as T. americana)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide AH 519, as T. americana)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide AH 519, as T. americana)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide AH 519, as T. americana)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

• also cultivated

References:

• Hardin, J. W. 1990. Variation patterns and recognition of varieties of Tilia americana s.l. Syst. Bot. 15:43.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= T. americana].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).

Synonyms:

• (=) Tilia glabra Vent.
  

Check other web resources for Tilia americana L. var. americana:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Tilia americana var. americana cultivars

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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