Taxon: Tilia americana L. var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loudon

See other conspecific taxa:

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

Common names:

• beetree   (Source: AH 519 ) – English
  
• linden   (Source: AH 519 ) – English
  
• white basswood   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• verschiedenblättrige Linde   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

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

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)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania [s.w.], West Virginia [e.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri [s.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas [n.], Florida [n.w.], Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South 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. heterophylla].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. [= T. heterophylla].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [= T. heterophylla].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Tilia heterophylla Vent. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Tilia americana L. var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loudon:

• 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. heterophylla 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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