#84 most planted
Tilia intermedia
Linden · also Lime tree, Basswood
BroadleafDeciduous
26,234
trees mapped
0.26%
of all named trees
1
city
13 in
median trunk (33 cm, 26,232 measured)
43 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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This large, broad-crowned tree features heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish flowers attractive to bees. It provides ample urban shade but can be susceptible to honeydew drip. Its wood is known as basswood and is used in carving.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 26,2346.0%43 yr13 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 40–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–45 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 13 in, mean 14 in, 90th percentile 24 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Tilia in the catalogue
21 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
