Tillia- Linden, Basswood

Question 1

Tillia

Answer 1

Linden, Basswood

Question 2

Tillia cordata

Answer 2

Little leaf linden

Question 3

Little leaf linden

Answer 3

when young a dense pyramidal compact attractive tree
low headed (keeps lower branches close to the grown)
Nice shape, looks like how you would draw a christmas tree
used in parks

Question 4

Little leaf linden-buds

Answer 4

Buds alternate
reddish-brown
smooth, shiny 3-6 mm long
a few overlapping scales
alternate buds

Question 5

Little leaf linden- leaves

Answer 5

simple
cordate
abruptly acuminate tip
slender petioles
sharply serrate
lobsided base visible
smooth veins except for tufts of brown hairs along veins good identifies

Question 6

Little leaf linden- inflorescence

Answer 6

Can be quite ornamental
pendulous cyme
5-7 flowers per cyme
creamy white to pale yellow
arise from buds at base of leaves

Question 7

Little leaf linden- fruit

Answer 7

greenish-yellow leaf-like bract
6 mm nutlet
thin shelled
ovoid
turns tan brown before being shed
cyme is shed intact
nutlets slightly ribbed
covered in gray brown hairs

Question 8

Little leaf linden- fall colouration

Answer 8

yellow display, vibrant

Question 9

Tilia americana

Answer 9

American Basswood/largeleaf linden

Question 10

American basswood

Answer 10

Native to southern quebec and ontario
some grown in southern Manitoba
larger tree than little leaf linden
not a viable option here

Question 11

Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’

Answer 11

Mongolian Linden/Mongolian Basswood

Question 12

Mongolian Linden- leaves

Answer 12

coasrely serrate
flat to cordate at base

Question 13

Mongolian linden

Answer 13

5 m
seeds much smaller
pointed; fewer seeds per inflorescence
group cluster planting because it is smaller
less nutlets
quite susceptible to winter sunscald
south side of trunk near ground level
xylem and phloem starts to warm up