basswood (Tilia americana)
Malvaceae, the mallow family

How to recognize basswood.

In the winter.

Where to find basswood. E. Lucy Braun, in The Woody Plants of Ohio (1961, 1989; The Ohio State University Press) tells us that this species is ”

Scanned Image from an Old Book
(Flora of West Virginia, by P.D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core)

 

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