Taxon

Tilia tomentosa

 
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Tilia tomentosa - silver linden
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Common name: silver linden
Family: Tiliaceae (linden family)
Synonym: Tilia argentea
Distribution: s.e. Europe and s.w. Asia
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A deciduous tree growing 50' tall and half as wide. Leaves are lustrous dark green on top with silver below that flashes when moved by wind. The fuzzy undersides to the leaves also help with resistance to Japanese beetle and Gypsy moth predation. Conical when young, it ages oval with a uniform winter silhouette. Bark is light gray, smooth, eventually becoming gray-brown and furrowed. June flowers are yellow, fragrant and highly attractive to bees.
Links: Flora Europaea • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.018 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.006 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.011 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.012 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.013 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.014 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.016 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: DWD: AD04 (AD04) • Accession: D1933-0018.010 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 9: DWD: AD05 (AD05) • Accession: D1933-0018.017 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 10: DWD: AD05 (AD05) • Accession: D1933-0018.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 11: DWD: AD05 (AD05) • Accession: D1933-0018.008 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 12: DWD: AD05 (AD05) • Accession: D1933-0018.009 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 13: HOL: BG24 (BG24) • Accession: D0000-1562.001
  • 14: HOL: BK23 (BK23) • Accession: D0000-1563.001
  • 15: HRT: AL15 (AL15) • Accession: D2014-0219.001
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