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Tilia americana (American basswood)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tilia americana is a species of Tilia native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, and southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to Cherry County, Nebraska. Common names include American basswood and American linden.
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Infraspecies

Tilia americana var. caroliniana (Carolina basswood) (Attributes)
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Tilia americana var. mexicana
Tilia americana var. pubescens

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [3]  Dense
Screening - Winter [3]  Porous
Shade Percentage [1]  88 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  High
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-High
Adult Weight [2]  410 grams
Bloom Period [3]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [3]  Low
Edible [4]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [3]  Medium
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [3]  80 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Fall
Growth Form [3]  Single Stem
Growth Period [3]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Moderate
Hazards [4]  Frequent consumption of the tea made from the flowers may cause heart damage;
Janka Hardness [2]  410 lbf (186 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [4]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [4]  Bees
Propagation [3]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [3]  30 inches (76 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [3]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [3]  Medium
Seeds Per [3]  4765 / lb (10505 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Specific Gravity [5]  0.37
Structure [4]  Tree
Usage [4]  A tough fibre is obtained from the inner bark; The bark is soaked in water then boiled. It is then rubbed on a stick to separate the fibres which can then be used for making thread for sewing, fine yarn for weaving bags, clothing etc and cordage for making nets, shoes, twine, mats etc; A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting; Wood - soft, straight grained, light, weak, not durable, easily worked, resistant to splitting, it holds nails badly, holds glue, paint and lacquer well, seasons well but shrinks considerably. It weighs 28lb per cubic foot; A commercially important timber in its native range; The white wood is excellent for turning and carving, it is used for making woodenware such as spoons, cheap furniture, pulp etc;
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Flower Color [3]  Yellow
Foliage Color [3]  Green
Fruit Color [3]  Brown
Fall Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [4]  82 feet (25 m)
Width [4]  39 feet (12 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
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Parasitized by 
Brachys aerosus[7]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 9Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 10Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0