American Basswood (1-2' seedling)
Latin Name: Tilia americana Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall tree
Mature size: 82ftx39ft
Native range: Eastern North America
Preferred habitat: Wetland edges, hedges, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Leaf
Uses and functions: Leaves, Nuts, Flowers used in medicine.
Fast growing, tall native tree that readily coppices and sprouts suckers from trunk. Large edible leaves have a pleasant, mild green flavor and make excellent salad greens and vegetable wraps well into the summer and beyond. Abundant, honey-like flowers are a haven for bees, and used in herbalism (linden flower). Wood is soft, fast growing, ad makes excellent friction fire material as well as cordage. Inner bark and leaf buds are late winter edible. Small nuts can be collected and prepared similar to chocolate, to which it's related!
Latin Name: Tilia americana Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall tree
Mature size: 82ftx39ft
Native range: Eastern North America
Preferred habitat: Wetland edges, hedges, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Leaf
Uses and functions: Leaves, Nuts, Flowers used in medicine.
Fast growing, tall native tree that readily coppices and sprouts suckers from trunk. Large edible leaves have a pleasant, mild green flavor and make excellent salad greens and vegetable wraps well into the summer and beyond. Abundant, honey-like flowers are a haven for bees, and used in herbalism (linden flower). Wood is soft, fast growing, ad makes excellent friction fire material as well as cordage. Inner bark and leaf buds are late winter edible. Small nuts can be collected and prepared similar to chocolate, to which it's related!
Latin Name: Tilia americana Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall tree
Mature size: 82ftx39ft
Native range: Eastern North America
Preferred habitat: Wetland edges, hedges, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Leaf
Uses and functions: Leaves, Nuts, Flowers used in medicine.
Fast growing, tall native tree that readily coppices and sprouts suckers from trunk. Large edible leaves have a pleasant, mild green flavor and make excellent salad greens and vegetable wraps well into the summer and beyond. Abundant, honey-like flowers are a haven for bees, and used in herbalism (linden flower). Wood is soft, fast growing, ad makes excellent friction fire material as well as cordage. Inner bark and leaf buds are late winter edible. Small nuts can be collected and prepared similar to chocolate, to which it's related!
