C American Basswood
American Linden
Tilia Americana
Conservation Status: least concern
CHARACTERISTICS
Small Brown fruit
Serrated, heart-shaped Foliage is quite dense small vibrant yellow-white flowers bloom in midsummer Trees can grow up to 39 meters in height commonly conical in shape.
ECOLOGICALIMPORTANCE
seedsareedible&providefoodformediumbirds& smaller mammals. The serrated, heart-shaped Foliage is quite dense and provides good shade and shelter for wildlife, and is high in nutrients, providing excellent fertilizer in the fall. Small but vibrant yellow-white flowers bloom in midsummer, providing bees & other nectarivore with nectar, as few other trees flower at this time. Trees can grow upto39 meters in height and are commonly conical in shape.
THE IMPORTANCE FOR HUMANS
The tough, fibrous inner bark has been by indigenous people across Canada make make rope for centuries, and tea has been made from the leaves. Chem in the flowers and, to a lesser extent, the leaves, can be used medicinally, as antioxidants, andtotreatthingslikecolds,headaches,andfevers, butalmostofthetreecanbeusedmedicallyinsome way.
DISTRIBUTION RANGE IN NORTHAMERICA
ATHSC LOCATED ON FIELD 2AND 3