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basswood: see linden linden, common name for the Tiliaceae, a family of chiefly woody shrubs and trees. Most genera are tropical, but the genus Tilia, commonly called linden, or lime tree, in Europe and Asia and basswood in North America, is found throughout the north temperate ..... Click the link for more information. . basswoodAny of certain species of linden common to North America. The name refers especially to Tilia americana, found in a vast area of eastern North America but centred in the Great Lakes region, and to T. caroliniana and T. georgiana, found in the southeastern U.S. basswood [′bas‚wu̇d] (botany) A common name for trees of the genusTiliain the linden family of the order Malvales. Also known as linden. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Towering maples and basswoods arch overhead, forming a natural cathedral. As the tree density increases because of fire suppression--from 10 to 40 oaks per acre in savanna to 200 or more oaks, maples, and basswoods per acre in the protected woods--hardly any light reaches the soil. But, she explains, where the conditions for forest development are optimum--the rain abundant, the weather warm--the forest is characterized by a mix of dominant trees: tuliptrees, beech, white oak, black oak, four different basswoods, sugar maple, buckeye, hemlock, among others. |
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