American Linden (Tilia americana)

• Alternate Common Name: Basswood
• Average Height: Average height is 60-80 feet tall.
• Average Width: An American linden tree's typical spread is half as wide as it is tall.
• Leaf Description: 4" to 8" long,heart shaped,dark green above, pale green or silvery underneath t shaped
• Bark Description: American linden bark is gray-brown long, flat-topped ridges
• Twig Description: Moderately stout, zigzag, green (summer) or red (winter); terminal bud is false, each very plump with one side bulging out disproportionately. Buds are edible but very mucilaginous
• Flowering: Monoecious; pale yellow, borne below a long, gracefully curving leafy wing in a many branched cluster, several inches long, appearing in early to mid-summer
• Needle or Broadleaf: Broadleafed
• Comments: None