OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. heterophylla   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla   FAMILY Tiliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tilia americana var. heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Tilia americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)

Tilia caroliniana ssp. heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-002:

Tilia heterophylla   FAMILY Tiliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia eburnea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia heterophylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia lasioclada

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia michauxii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tilia monticola

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Basswood, White Basswood


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image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2370_t_heteroph

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_776

        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_777

        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_779

        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tihe_001_lvd

        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_timi5_001_lvd

        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_heterophylla_basswd

April        

Leaf bases unequally heart-shaped or nearly straight across, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm060506_107

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3179

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves borne on juvenile wood green below (vs. those of mature wood pale and closely tomentose), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm100617_044

June    Cherokee County    NC

Flowers bisexual, yellowish or green, about 1/2" wide, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm100617_047

June    Cherokee County    NC

Flowers in clusters hanging from a strap-shaped bract, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Ron Lance    rwl1515_a

June        

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Ron Lance    rwl1515_a2

June        

Flowers in clusters on slender stalk with leaflike, narrow, 4-5" long bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm0407l_10

July    Jackson County    NC

Roadside/creekside

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_05

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

A large tree of rich moist soils, often with multiple trunks, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm070703_123

July    Greene County    TN

Mature wood (that is, with branches of flowering age) bears leaves with whitened undersides, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

JK Marlow    jkm100730_209

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Evidence of the basswood leaf miner.

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_heterophylla_1_bark

December    Floyd County    GA

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_tilia_heterophylla

December        

Fruit a cluster of brown nutlets attached to a 2-3" leaflike bract, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Mountain Basswood, White Basswood

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtheterophyll_0

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. heterophylla   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla   FAMILY Tiliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Tilia americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia caroliniana ssp. heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-002:
Tilia heterophylla   FAMILY Tiliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia eburnea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia heterophylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia lasioclada

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia michauxii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia monticola

 

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1515

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Rich coves and mesic to dry slopes (the drier sites usually on limestone), often one of the most abundant trees in Southern Appalachian cove forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Cream
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nut-like

 

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