Test Tree – 001

Basswood (Tilia americana)

Location: Mississauga Erindale Park
Lat, Long: 43.55752 ,-79.66851
TreeCode: MSP-01-015
Diameter (DBH): 17.30cm
Last Year Modified: 2014
Carbon Stored in this Tree: 41.37kg of C
Equivalent CO2: 151.83kg of C

Common Name: Basswood
Scientific Name: Tilia americana
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Leaf: Simple, alternate; large, round, lopsided; sharply toothed; 12-16 cm (5-6 inches) long; heart-shaped; upper side dark green; underside yellowish green, fuzzy and junctions of yellow veins.
Flower: Small, 5-petalled, creamy yellow; fragrant; full of nector; in clusters dangling from mid-point of yellowish green leaf-like appendage 6-12 cm (2-4 inches) long; after leaves fully grown
Fruit: Nearly round, pea-sized, hard, woody, downy, beige gray; with tiny nipple at bottom; in small clusters hanging from middle of the appendage; begin flowering at 15 years
Twig: Somewhat stout, smooth; reddish or greenish brown; often covered with gray film; buds plump, rusty or rosy red, slightly pointed, lopsided, glossy
Bark: on younger trees, thin, smooth, greenish gray; on older trees, dark gray brown, deeply fissured, with flat-topped ridges
Wood: One of our softest, lightest hardwoods, valued for use in hand carving; heartwood beige with faint reddish or yellowish tinge; sapwood creamy white; annual growth rings indistinct